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Last refreshed on: 3 June 2013
Main ID:  NCT01373099
Date of registration: 06/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Rush University Medical Center
Public title: Study of Antibiotic Spacer Design to Treat Infection After Hip Replacement SPACERHIP
Scientific title: Articulating Versus Static Antibiotic Loaded Spacers for the Treatment of Prosthetic Hip Infection
Date of first enrolment: August 2011
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01373099
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Peter N Chalmers, MD
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Telephone: 3129425000
Email: peter_chalmers@rush.edu
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Name:   Craig Della Valle, MD
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Affiliation:  Rush University Medical Center
Name:   Peter Chalmers, MD
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Affiliation:  Rush University Medical Center
Name:   Scott Sporer, MD
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Affiliation:  Rush University Medical Center
Name:   Javad Parvizi, MD
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Affiliation:  Thomas Jefferson Hospital
Name:   Matt Austin, MD
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Affiliation:  Thomas Jefferson Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1) Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection of a primary total hip arthroplasty
with a planned two-stage exchange procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Infection of a revision as opposed to a primary total hip arthroplasty

2. Medically unfit for operative intervention

3. Extensive bone loss preventing the use of an articulating spacer

4. Soft-tissue defects that prevent the use of an articulating spacer

5. Known allergy to polymethylmethacrylate, tobramycin or vancomycin.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Complications; Arthroplasty
Complications; Arthroplasty, Infection or Inflammation
Hip Infection
Osteoarthritis
Prosthetic Joint Infection
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Implantation of a static, non-articulating cement spacer.
Procedure: Implantation of an articulating spacer.
Primary Outcome(s)
Harris Hip Score [Time Frame: outcome will be collected until 2 years post-operatively]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Hip dislocation rates [Time Frame: outcomes will be collected until 2 years post-operatively]
Operative time [Time Frame: at the time of spacer revision, which would be up to a maximumup to 2 years after patient enrollment]
Secondary ID(s)
SPACERHIP
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Central DuPage Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University
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