Opioid-free Accelerated Recovery Total Knee Arthroplasty

Completed

Conditions studied: Arthropathy of Knee Joint

In brief

To prove that total knee arthroplasty can be performed with little, if any need for opioids by using a combination of patient education, optimized pre-op and post-op pain and recovery protocols. The goal being opioid-free total knee arthroplasty.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03647709

Run by

St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Utica, NY

People needed

400

Starts

2018-10-01

Expected to finish

2020-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-12

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Surgeries to be performed at hospital
• Surgeries to be performed at surgery center
• Ability to read and understand English
• Primary care clearance for patients diagnosed with high blood pressure

You may not qualify if…

• Disease states, patient conditions to exclude:
• Schizophrenia Bipolar Disease Dementia
• Known allergies to local anesthetics
• Previous burn to affected extremity
• BMI > 40
• Nonoptimized anemia
• Albumin less than 3.5
• A1C > 8.0

Where it is running

• St Elizabeth Medical Center — Utica, New York, United States

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