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CompletedNCT03812627PROMETOXUpdated Apr 21, 2022

Study of Systemic Impact of Trace Elements Release by Implantable Medical Devices. Identification of Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation

An interventional study of Blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections and Autopsy in Biomarker and Systemic Inflammation, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Completed at 1 site in France. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-21.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
159
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the systemic impact of salting out of trace elements (TE) by metallic and nonmetallic implantable medical devices (IMD) and in particular the immune response of the organism to these trace elements and of their target organs, and to identify circulating protein biomarkers which might indicate an evolution of inflammation caused by an IMD.

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As secondary objectives, the study aims:

  • to establish the norms of concentrations of free TE and nanoparticles for some forty of elements (in particular Chrome, Cobalt, Nickel, Titanium, Tantalum, Zirconium, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Mercury, Molybdenum, Strontium ...) in different materials (blood, urine, hair and the viscera), with non-IMD holder subjects, before and after mineralization of these materials (dead patients and autopsied non-IMD holder subjects and subjects before placement of IMD.
  • to evaluate the distribution of concentrations of metals in the same materials and in peri-prothetic environment with IMD holder subjects (dead autopsied patients), more often with no inflammatory sign, with possibility of some probably inflammatory IMD.
  • to evaluate the parameters of distributions of concentrations of metals in same materials (with the exception of the viscera) with living IMD holder patients, with inflammatory reaction (during revision surgery).
  • to define the most suitable material (accessibility, concentrations, absence of contamination) for follow-up and evolution of inflammation in order to determinate norms of studied metals concentration.
  • to determinate proportion between different forms of circulation: particulate form (analysis after full mineralization) or free form (analysis without mineralization, permitting measurement of free forms), trace elements in organism.
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Conditions studied

  • Biomarker
  • Systemic Inflammation

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Keywords

  • Implantable medical devices
  • Biomarker
  • Systemic inflammation
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In context

Inflammation

3,439 studies on the registry are indexed under Inflammation; 629 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 159 is above the median of 50 across 2,437 interventional studies indexed under Inflammation.

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Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is the lead sponsor of 3,505 studies on the registry; 1,006 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Inpatient subjects for re-intervention of: hip prosthesis made by ceramic-on-ceramic or metal-on-metal, hip prosthesis made by stainless steel ball and knee prosthesis made by polyethylene-on-metal;
  • Autopsied patients with and without IMD;
  • Covered by a health insurance.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infection caused by prosthesis resumption;
  • Professional exposure to metals;
  • Patient under guardianship.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
159 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Re-intervention of hip prosthesis made of ceramic or metal

    Re-intervention surgery: blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections. 50 patients for re-intervention of hip prosthesis with friction couples of: ceramic-on-ceramic or metal-on-metal (25 patients by group)

    Other: Blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections

  • Experimental
    Re-intervention of hip prosthesis of stainless steel ball

    Re-intervention surgery: blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections. 50 patients for re-intervention of hip prosthesis of stainless steel ball.

    Other: Blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections

  • Experimental
    Re-intervention of knee prosthesis

    Re-intervention surgery: blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections. 50 inpatient subjects for re-intervention of knee prosthesis polyethylene-on-metal.

    Other: Blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections

  • Experimental
    Dead patients IMD holders autopsied

    Autopsy: 80 dead patients IMD holders will be autopsied.

    Other: Autopsy

  • Active comparator
    Dead patients non-IMD holders autopsied

    Autopsy: dead patients non-IMD holders autopsied, 30 subjects in this arm.

    Other: Autopsy

  • Active comparator
    patients before first prosthesis surgery

    Before the initial prosthesis surgery: 30 patients Blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections will be done

    Other: Blood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections

Interventions

  • OtherBlood, urine, hair, synovial fluid and peri-prosthetic tissue collections

    All inpatient subjects: following samples will be collected during hospitalization: Twice blood and urine collections: 1. at the beginning of hospitalization: 10 ml of blood + 5 ml of urine; 2. at the end of hospitalization: 5 ml of blood + 5 ml of urine. Synovial fluid collection: 1 ml Peri-prosthetic tissue collection: about 1 cm3 Hair collection: a single hair of 0.5 cm diameter

  • OtherAutopsy

    Dead patients will be autopsied: hair, urine, blood, peri-prosthetic tissue and viscera (liver, kidney, spleen, brain, heart, lung) sampling for each autopsy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Immunophenotyping of inflammatory cells activated in contact with trace element nanoparticles

    Demonstration of systemic inflammation induced by the trace elements existing in IMD with blood and tissue criteria: 1/ A measure by flow cytometry to identify hyperactivated circulating mononuclear cells (macrophages, dendritic cells, T and B lymphocytes), in contact with trace element nanoparticles and thus, to highlight an immunophenotype of this inflammation.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

  2. Identification of specific circulating proteins (biomarkers) of inflammation related to trace element release

    Demonstration of systemic inflammation induced by the trace elements existing in IMD with blood and tissue criteria: 2/ A measure by multiplex LuminexTM (Bio-plex ProTM human inflammation panel, Bio-rad) to identify specific circulating proteins such as TNF, IFN, cytokines, chemokines, metalloproteins, related to activation of the cells of inflammation throughout release of particles and salting out of trace elements by IMD

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

  3. Macroscopic characterization of tissue inflammation of autopsied patients

    Demonstration of systemic inflammation induced by the trace elements existing in IMD with blood and tissue criteria: - 3/ A macroscopic study of organs to determine the possible presence of tumor foci

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

  4. Microscopic characterization of tissue inflammation of autopsied patients

    Demonstration of systemic inflammation induced by the trace elements existing in IMD with blood and tissue criteria: - 4/ Cytopathological analysis on slides, after sampling, fixation, inclusion and staining with hematoxylin-eosin-saffron to evaluate semi-quantitatively the type of inflammation (chronic if mononuclear cells or acute if neutrophils) and degree according to the number of inflammatory cells

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Trace elements dosing in liquids and tissues

    Trace elements dosing in liquids and tissue by high resolution ICP mass spectrometry in studied sub-population (autopsied IMD holder and non-holder dead subjects, IMD holder living patients with inflammatory reaction and will undergo re-intervention) and in each analyzed material in non-mineralized form, in order to determinate concentrations of free trace elements and after full mineralization to determinate the concentrations of trace elements in nanoparticle form.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

  2. Comparison of concentrations of 40 analyzed trace elements

    Comparison of concentrations of 40 analyzed trace elements in different materials, depending on the groups.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Service de Chirurgie orthopédique, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
    Garches, Hauts-des-Seine 92380, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 21, 2022, 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
NCT03812627
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 23, 2019
Start date
Jun 24, 2019
Primary completion
Mar 19, 2021
Completion
Mar 19, 2021
Last update
Apr 21, 2022

Study contacts

Jean-Claude Alvarez, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches
Thomas BAUER, MD, PhD
study director · Orthopédie et traumatologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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