Predicting Outcome of Total Knee Replacement Surgery in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT05380648

Last Updated: 2023-12-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

223 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-03-08

Study Completion Date

2023-07-14

Brief Summary

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the main cause of pain and disability in elderly. For knee OA, a total knee replacement (TKR) is an effective surgical treatment, and the majority of patients report substantial pain relief and functional improvement following surgery. However, 20-40% of patients undergoing TKR are dissatisfied with postsurgical outcome. Even after revision, some patients keep complaining of persisting pain.

In this study, the investigators will examine putative prognostic factors on the basis of the biopsychosocial model. Besides several psychological factors (measured with questionnaires), the investigators will assess structural impairments (such as radiographic severity of OA), functional impairments (muscle weakness and proprioceptive deficits), anesthetic procedures, immediate postoperative pain management, metabolic factors (body composition and hemoglobin A1c), inflammatory factors (C-Reactive Protein) and the investigators also will examine the role of altered central pain processing (CPP) (primary and secondary mechanical hyperalgesia, mechanical temporal summation, thermal primary and secondary hyperalgesia, endogenous pain modulation).

With a longitudinal study design, this study will explore which factors are predictive of poor outcome in knee OA patients after TKR. Moreover, the interrelationship between CPP, structural, functional, metabolic, inflammatory and psychological factors, and the clinical expression of knee OA (pain, symptoms, physical performance and quality of life) will be investigated.

Further research on the role of the aforementioned putative prognostic factors on postsurgical outcome could contribute to better management of these patients, since these factors may be particularly important for patient-tailored treatment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Osteoarthritis, Knee Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Total knee arthroplasty

Total knee arthroplasty surgery will be performed by different orthopedist.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Knee OA patients \>40 years awaiting TKR surgery. Both men and women of all ethnical backgrounds are included.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with diagnosis of neurological/ systemic diseases, possibly impacting pain
* Patients who are not capable of understanding and speaking Dutch
* Revision surgery
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universiteit Antwerpen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sophie Vervullens

Doctoral student Sophie Vervullens

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sophie Vervullens

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Lotte Meert

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Mira Meeus

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Isabel Baert

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universiteit Antwerpen

Rob J.E.M. Smeets

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maastricht University

Locations

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University of Antwerp

Antwerp, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Vervullens S, Meert L, Smeets RJEM, van der Nest G, Verbrugghe J, Verdonk P, Rahusen FTG, Meeus M. A biopsychosocial approach to phenotyping people with knee osteoarthritis awaiting total knee arthroplasty: A secondary cohort analysis. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2024 Nov;67(8):101895. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2024.101895. Epub 2024 Oct 28.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39489935 (View on PubMed)

Vervullens S, Meert L, Smeets RJEM, Verbrugghe J, Baert I, Rahusen FTG, Heusdens CHW, Verdonk P, Meeus M. Preoperative glycaemic control, number of pain locations, structural knee damage, self-reported central sensitisation, satisfaction and personal control are predictive of 1-year postoperative pain, and change in pain from pre- to 1-year posttotal knee arthroplasty. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2025 Jan;33(1):201-219. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12265. Epub 2024 May 15.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38751081 (View on PubMed)

Vervullens S, Meert L, Smeets RJEM, Verbrugghe J, Verdonk P, Meeus M. Does pain intensity after total knee arthroplasty depend on somatosensory functioning in knee osteoarthritis patients? A prospective cohort study. Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Jun;43(6):2047-2059. doi: 10.1007/s10067-024-06976-7. Epub 2024 Apr 26.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38668988 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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13/47/472

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id