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Status unknownNCT03922737Updated Apr 22, 2019

Telehealth Following Orthopaedic Procedures

An interventional study of In-person office visit and Teleheath visit in Post-Op Complication, sponsored by Rothman Institute Orthopaedics. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-22.

Sponsored by Rothman Institute Orthopaedics · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2019), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2017, registered Apr 2019).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
198
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study aims to evaluate the quality of care provided by a home-based teleheath program as a safe and acceptable alternative to an in-person office visit as determined by satisfaction with the program and the amount of further medical management required by the patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Post-Op Complication
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In context

Postoperative Complications

1,233 studies on the registry are indexed under Postoperative Complications; 292 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 198 is above the median of 119 across 689 interventional studies indexed under Postoperative Complications.

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Lead sponsor

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics is the lead sponsor of 118 studies on the registry; 17 are open to participants now.

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

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subjects over 18 and under 75 years of age undergoing elective primary orthopaedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital or Methodist Hospital who have the capability to utilize a telecommunications platform (computer, tablet or similar device at home with a webcam, microphone and access to high-speed internet).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects who are unable to access the telemedicine platform or who are uncomfortable with following up in this fashion
  2. Subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide post-operative radiographs electronically or who are unable or unwilling to obtain them
  3. Subjects with workman's compensation or automotive claims or other ongoing litigation
  4. Subjects that are unable or unwilling to consent for enrollment
  5. Patients under the age of 18 years
  6. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  7. Patients undergoing surgery for tumor, trauma or infection or who require revision or staged procedures
  8. Patients without English-language proficiency
  9. Patients with unforeseen intra-operative or perioperative complications
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
198 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    In-person office visit

    Procedure: In-person office visit

  • Active comparator
    Telehealth visit with provider

    Procedure: Teleheath visit

Interventions

  • ProcedureIn-person office visit

    Post-operative visit to occur in-person with provider

  • ProcedureTeleheath visit

    Post-operative visit to occur via telehealth software platform with provider

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient Satisfaction: Likert Score

    Likert Score self-reported patient satisfaction

    Time frame: 2 mont post-operative period following surgery

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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 Apr 22, 2019, 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
NCT03922737
Lead sponsor
Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 22, 2019
Start date
Oct 6, 2017
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 1, 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 22, 2019

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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