Fibrin Sealant in Bilateral Simultaneous Total Knee Arthroplasty With Focus on Blood Loss, Pain, Swelling and Strength

NCT ID: NCT01472913

Last Updated: 2015-04-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-08-31

Study Completion Date

2013-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of fibrin sealant on reducing blood loss, pain and swelling when operated for bilateral total knee arthroplasty. Likewise the effect on Range Of Movement (ROM) and strength is examined.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Blood Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Fibrin Sealent

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Fibrin sealant

Intervention Type DRUG

Fibrin sealant is applied on the surfaces of bone and soft tissue of surgery after placement of the prothesis due to the randomised knee.

Saline water

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Saline water

Intervention Type DRUG

Same procedure to the opposite knee (the same patient) performed with sprayed saline water (placebo).

Interventions

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Fibrin sealant

Fibrin sealant is applied on the surfaces of bone and soft tissue of surgery after placement of the prothesis due to the randomised knee.

Intervention Type DRUG

Saline water

Same procedure to the opposite knee (the same patient) performed with sprayed saline water (placebo).

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Evicel, ATC-kode B02BC30

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective bilateral knee arthroplasty
* Must speak and understand Danish
* Musk be able to gave oral and written consent.
* Females must be post-menopausal, and last menstruation must be minimum of one year ago.

Exclusion Criteria

* Alcohol or medicine abuse
* Treatment with opioids
* Allergy to local anaesthetics
* Allergy to active substances i fibrin sealant
* Age below 18
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hvidovre University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christian Skovgaard Nielsen

M.D. Orthopedic Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Christian Skovgaard Nielsen, M.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hvidovre University Hospital

Henrik Husted, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hvidovre University Hospital

Locations

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Hvidovre University Hospital

Hvidovre, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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H-A-2009-69

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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