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Chronic Pain, Inflammation and Infection After Joint Replacement

NCT02177097 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2015-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Revision surgery after total hip or knee arthroplasty is an ongoing issue due to an increasing number of primary surgeries. Patients seek physicians due to pain. The cause is divided between loosening, infection or chronic pain. Some are operated on the suspicion of a chronic infection. However, postoperative microbiological testing does not always correlate with the suspicion and the operation may have been superfluous.

The objective is to employ a highly advanced diagnostic algorithm based on state of the art diagnostic techniques in order to improve the basis of preoperative diagnosis. Through this approach treatment can be given according to the causal problem.

Conditions

  • Infection and Inflammatory Reaction
  • Joint Prosthesis

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Blood samples

4 x 10 ml blood samples.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Aarhus

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sten Rasmussen, M.D. · Northern Orthopaedic Division, Aalborg University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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