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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01407042
Other study ID # PFJ-UKA-1
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received July 26, 2011
Last updated July 16, 2016
Start date September 2011

Study information

Verified date July 2016
Source Medical University Innsbruck
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Austria: Ethikkommission
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a proven procedure in patients suffering from unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis. Two different types of UKA design are available - both with different pros and cons. The so-called 'mobile-bearing UKA' requires the removal of an additional amount of cartilage and bone close to the implantat. It is unclear whether this is of clinical relevance.

We speculate that the amount of cartilage/bone removal is related to the clinical outcome of the UKA-surgery.

In patients receiving a mobile-bearing UKA that amount of cartilage/bone removal is measured during the surgery. The clinical success of the procedure will be determined with certain knee questionnaires (Kujala & KOOS)preoperatively, 3 months postoperatively, 6 months postoperatively and 1 year postoperatively. Additionally, the so-called bone-remodelling around that area of resected cartilage and bone will be measured (SPECT-CT) postoperatively.

The three variables (removed amount of cartilage/bone; clinical success with regard to the questionnaires; bone remodelling) are then analyzed with statistical methods to find out potential assoziations among them.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 24
Est. completion date
Est. primary completion date December 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 99 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis in the medial or lateral tibiofemoral compartment

Exclusion Criteria:

- failed upper tibial osteotomy

- insufficiency of the collateral or anterior cruciate ligaments

- a fixed varus or valgus deformity (not passively correctable) above 15°

- a flexion deformity greater than 15°

- rheumatoid arthritis

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Mobile-bearing Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty

Intervention

Procedure:
mobile-bearing unicondylar knee arthroplasty
mobile-bearing unicondylar knee arthroplasty

Locations

Country Name City State
Austria Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Medical University Innsbruck

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Size of anterior femoral notch Required cartilage / bone removal adjacent to the femoral implant day 0 No
Primary Kujala Score changes -1 days, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year No
Primary KOOS questionnaire changes -1 days, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year No
Primary Radionuclide tracer uptake at the surgically created notch 6 months No