In an estimated 150,000 patients, a knee joint replacement is performed in Germany every year. The perioperative care of the patients aims at an optimal surgical technique, which leads to a high functionality in the joint, and above all at an adequate pain treatment. Patients experience pain especially intraoperatively and in the first days after the operation. The intensity of pain is a decisive factor that can hinder the patient's mobilization. In the KneeOptOut study (ethics application number EA4/009/17), which has already been successfully carried out and approved by this ethics committee, it was shown that the use of local infiltration anaesthesia (LIA) for pain therapy after primary knee endoprosthetics is comparable to catheter-supported regional anaesthesia (manuscript under review at the European Journal of Anaesthesiology). During surgery, the morphine requirement of patients in the LIA group was significantly higher than that of patients who underwent catheterization. Postoperatively, however, both subjective pain by VAS and opiate consumption were comparable.
In order to optimize the intraoperative opiate need/consumption, an early-intraoperative procedure for local infiltration anesthesia will now be compared with the previous late-intraoperative procedure. Both procedures correspond to SOP for the treatment of primary knee endoprostheses and are currently used depending on the surgeon's requirements.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Knee Arthropathy Postoperative Pain Postoperative Complications | Procedure: Late local infiltration analgesia Procedure: Early local infiltration analgesia | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 70 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Masking Description: | Investigator and treating physicians are different in this trial, that means, the assessor of primary study endpoint will be blinded regarding group allocation. Patients receive either early or late local infiltration technique perioperatively. Patients will be blinded against early or late local infiltration technique. Blinding of the treating physician will not be possible. |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Optimization of a Fast-track Concept for Knee Replacement: A Single-blind, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 1, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | February 28, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 30, 2020 |
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Experimental: Early-intraoperative Local infiltration technique
A distal regional anaesthesia is performed in which the nerves are blocked by a local anaesthetic in the tissue in the immediate vicinity of the operating area ("tissue infiltration technique"). The LIA is applied in a total of 4 steps during the preparation of the knee joint: 1. after the skin incision, 2. after the capsule incision, 3. after complete exposure of the knee joint, 4. when the posterior knee capsule is reached.
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Procedure: Early local infiltration analgesia
The local infiltration analgesia is applied in a total of 4 steps during the preparation of the knee joint: 1. after the skin incision, 2. after the capsule incision, 3. after complete exposure of the knee joint, 4. when the posterior knee capsule is reached.
Other Name: early LIA
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Active Comparator: Late-intraoperative Local infiltration technique
A distal regional anaesthesia is performed in which the nerves are blocked by a local anaesthetic in the tissue in the immediate vicinity of the operating area ("tissue infiltration technique"). The LIA is applied after the preparation of the femur and tibia bone shortly before the prosthesis is inserted and during the retreat from the knee joint.
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Procedure: Late local infiltration analgesia
Patient receive an infiltration of local anaesthetics around the knee directly after total knee replacement for postoperative pain control.
Other Name: late LIA
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
• patients undergoing elective, primary knee joint replacement in combined general anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Sascha Treskatsch, MD, Prof | 004930450631011 | sascha.treskatsch@charite.de |
Germany | |
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Recruiting |
Berlin, Germany, 10117 | |
Contact: Sascha Treskatsch, MD, Prof 004930450631 ext 011 sascha.treskatsch@charite.de | |
Sub-Investigator: Martin Ertmer, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Ralf F Trauzeddel, MD |
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First Submitted Date ICMJE | April 16, 2019 | ||||
First Posted Date ICMJE | April 19, 2019 | ||||
Last Update Posted Date | July 25, 2019 | ||||
Actual Study Start Date ICMJE | March 1, 2019 | ||||
Estimated Primary Completion Date | February 28, 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Opioid consumption [ Time Frame: intraoperative, up to 3 hours ] amount of opioids administered intraoperative measured as equivalent dose to morphin
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Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||
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Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
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Brief Title ICMJE | Optimization of a Fast-track Concept for Knee Joint Replacement | ||||
Official Title ICMJE | Optimization of a Fast-track Concept for Knee Replacement: A Single-blind, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial | ||||
Brief Summary |
In an estimated 150,000 patients, a knee joint replacement is performed in Germany every year. The perioperative care of the patients aims at an optimal surgical technique, which leads to a high functionality in the joint, and above all at an adequate pain treatment. Patients experience pain especially intraoperatively and in the first days after the operation. The intensity of pain is a decisive factor that can hinder the patient's mobilization. In the KneeOptOut study (ethics application number EA4/009/17), which has already been successfully carried out and approved by this ethics committee, it was shown that the use of local infiltration anaesthesia (LIA) for pain therapy after primary knee endoprosthetics is comparable to catheter-supported regional anaesthesia (manuscript under review at the European Journal of Anaesthesiology). During surgery, the morphine requirement of patients in the LIA group was significantly higher than that of patients who underwent catheterization. Postoperatively, however, both subjective pain by VAS and opiate consumption were comparable. In order to optimize the intraoperative opiate need/consumption, an early-intraoperative procedure for local infiltration anesthesia will now be compared with the previous late-intraoperative procedure. Both procedures correspond to SOP for the treatment of primary knee endoprostheses and are currently used depending on the surgeon's requirements. |
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Detailed Description | Not Provided | ||||
Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||
Study Phase ICMJE | Not Applicable | ||||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Masking Description: Investigator and treating physicians are different in this trial, that means, the assessor of primary study endpoint will be blinded regarding group allocation. Patients receive either early or late local infiltration technique perioperatively. Patients will be blinded against early or late local infiltration technique. Blinding of the treating physician will not be possible. Primary Purpose: Treatment
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Status ICMJE | Recruiting | ||||
Estimated Enrollment ICMJE |
70 | ||||
Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE | Same as current | ||||
Estimated Study Completion Date ICMJE | July 30, 2020 | ||||
Estimated Primary Completion Date | February 28, 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
Eligibility Criteria ICMJE |
Inclusion Criteria: • patients undergoing elective, primary knee joint replacement in combined general anaesthesia Exclusion Criteria:
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Ages ICMJE | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) | ||||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | No | ||||
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Listed Location Countries ICMJE | Germany | ||||
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NCT Number ICMJE | NCT03920930 | ||||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | KneeOptOut2 | ||||
Has Data Monitoring Committee | Yes | ||||
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IPD Sharing Statement ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
Responsible Party | Sascha Treskatsch, Charite University, Berlin, Germany | ||||
Study Sponsor ICMJE | Charite University, Berlin, Germany | ||||
Collaborators ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
Investigators ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
PRS Account | Charite University, Berlin, Germany | ||||
Verification Date | July 2019 | ||||
ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP |