Ensayos clínicos

What is the difference in the outcomes of patients treated with an articulating antibiotic spacer versus a static articulating spacer in the setting of two stage exchange for an infected total knee arthroplasty?

The aim of this study is to create a standard set of outcome parameters which can be adopted nationwide from which to gauge outcomes in Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJI).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate two different standards of care to see if the single Double Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention (DAIR) protocol is non-inferior to planned double-DAIR protocols for acute Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) or  total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Additionally, effectiveness of treatment in terms of infection eradication and cost comparisons will be addressed.

This study is being conducted to determine gene and protein expression profiles (i.e. which genes and proteins are turned off and on) of those with a possibility of developing osteolysis, infection, arthrofibrosis or metallosis of their THA/TKA.