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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03044041
Date of registration: 29/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Thammasat University
Public title: Comparison Between Low Dose and High Dose Intra-articular Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Scientific title: Topical Intra-Articular High Doses Compared With Low Doses of Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Blood Loss in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03044041
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Thailand
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Osteoarthritic knee who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

- Abnormal coagulation or bleeding disorder

- Allergy to tranexamic acid

- History of thromboembolism or ischemic heart disease or cerebrovascular accident

- chronic kidney disease stage 3-4



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Blood Loss, Surgical
Intervention(s)
Drug: Tranexamic Acid
Primary Outcome(s)
Total blood loss [Time Frame: 72 hours after TKA]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Knee ROM [Time Frame: At 2, 6 weeks after surgery]
Rate of participants with thromboembolism [Time Frame: At 72 hours and 2 weeks after surgery]
Blood transfusion [Time Frame: 0-72 hours after surgery]
Rate of participants with infection [Time Frame: 0-3 months after surgery]
Functional score [Time Frame: At 6 weeks after surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
OrthoTU08
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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