Swiss Revision Cohort
Recruiting now
Conditions studied: Joint (Knee or Hip Replacement), Infection as Complication of Medical Care
In brief
This study follows patients with infections after a joint replacement over time. During follow-up, treatment outcomes are carefully measured to determine whether the infection can be cured. In addition, factors that may change infection cure rates are examined, including the patient's overall health, the type of bacteria causing the infection, and the surgical and antibiotic treatments used. The goal is to understand what leads to more frequent cure and to improve future care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07473089
- Run by
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
- People needed
- 329
- Starts
- 2022-09-23
- Expected to finish
- 2030-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-16
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- ≥18 years of age
- Revision surgery of any large prosthetic joint (i.e., hip, knee, shoulder, ankle, or elbow) performed for a suspected or confirmed periprosthetic joint infections at any of the participating study centres. This includes patients who were previously treated at another hospital and referred to a participating study centre if data on a transferred patient from the previous institution are available, complete, and archived in the institutional patient information system, and the patient underwent at least one surgery at a participating institution.
- Obtained written informed consent
- Periprosthetic joint infections diagnosis likely or confirmed according to European Bone and Joint Infection Society criteria
You may not qualify if…
- Documented objection to subsequent use of personal health data
- Patient follow-up outside of Switzerland
- Diagnosis "periprosthetic joint infections unlikely" according to European Bone and Joint Infection Society criteria
Where it is running
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, Cantonal Hospital Aarau — Aarau, Switzerland (enrolling)
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital — Bern, Switzerland (enrolling)
- Department of Medicine, HFR Fribourg-Hôpital Cantonal — Fribourg, Switzerland (enrolling)
- Orthopedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals — Geneva, Switzerland (enrolling)
- Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital — Lausanne, Switzerland (enrolling)
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