Tissue Culture Versus Swab Culture in Prosthetic Joint Infections

Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01482533
• Other study ID #: RIUJPar01-2011
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 28, 2011
• Last updated: November 29, 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2011
• Source: Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
• Contact: Tiffany Morrison, MS, CCRP
• Phone: 267-339-7818
• Email: tiffany.morrison[@]rothmaninstitute.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The main purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and accuracy of tissue cultures and swab cultures to diagnose prosthetic joint infection.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 0
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients are scheduled for revision TJA surgery.

2. Subjects are willing to sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject not willing to sign the informed consent document.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rothman Institute	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,