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Status unknownNCT01482533Updated Nov 30, 2011

Tissue Culture Versus Swab Culture in Prosthetic Joint Infections

An observational study in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, sponsored by Rothman Institute Orthopaedics. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-11-30.

Sponsored by Rothman Institute Orthopaedics · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2011), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study 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.

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Conditions studied

  • Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
  • Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
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In context

Lead sponsor

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics is the lead sponsor of 119 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All patients undergoing revision surgery for an infection in their knee or hip components.

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients are scheduled for revision TJA surgery.
  2. Subjects are willing to sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

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

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective

Groups and cohorts

  • Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
  • Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
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Study locations

1 site
  • Rothman Institute
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 30, 2011, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01482533
Responsible party
Tiffany Morrison, MS (Manager, Clinical Trials, Rothman Institute Orthopaedics) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 30, 2011
Last update
Nov 30, 2011

Study contacts

Tiffany Morrison, MS, CCRP
Contact
tiffany.morrison@rothmaninstitute.com
267-339-7818

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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