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Last refreshed on: 13 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT02253966
Date of registration: 29/09/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Public title: Preoperative Intraarticular Injection of Methylprednisolone in Patients Scheduled for Total Knee-arthroplasty
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: October 2014
Target sample size: 48
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02253966
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 50 -80

- Osteoarthrosis

- Scheduled for primary unilateral TKA

- Preoperative pain report with NRS > 5 upon walking

- Signs of sensitisation in knee

Exclusion Criteria:

- Allergies to methylprednisoloneacetate, lidocaine or standard analgesic treatment

- Deficient written or spoken danish

- Impairment from psychological or neurological disease

- Local og systemic infection

- Immunodeficiency

- Treatment with corticosteroid within 30 days of inclusion

- Insulin treated diabetes mellitus

- Anticoagulant therapy

- ASA (American Society of Anaesthesia) class > 3

- General anaesthesia

- Alchohol use > 21 units / week

- Pregnancy



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hyperalgesia
Knee Joint Osteoarthrosis
Severe Movement Related Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: Methylprednisoloneacetate
Drug: Lidocaine
Other: sodium chloride
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain [Time Frame: 24 hours postoperatively]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Inflammation [Time Frame: On day 0 and day 2]
Pain [Time Frame: From day 1 to day 14]
Inflammation [Time Frame: On day 0]
Sensitisation [Time Frame: On day 0 and day 2]
Pain [Time Frame: 48 hours postoperatively]
Secondary ID(s)
H-3-2014-089
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Lundbeck Foundation
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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