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CompletedNCT06124170Updated Nov 9, 2023

Improved Pain Management in Knee Osteoarthritis-related Surgeries

An observational study in Knee Osteoarthritis, Total Knee Arthroplasty and Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, sponsored by Peng Liu. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-09.

Sponsored by Peng Liu · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
714
Ages
50 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In recent years, pain management coordinated with enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been widely applied and rapidly developed in orthopedics, showing promising prospects. Since 2016, our hospital has used a series of continuously improved pain management schemes for patients with knee OA who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA), unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), and high tibial osteotomy (HTO). Here, we retrospectively analyze these patients' clinical data to compare the effects of different pain intervention measures during the perioperative period on postoperative pain, functional exercise, hospital stay, and prognosis of the three surgical methods in an attempt to provide a feasible solution for pain management of these patients.

Read the detailed description

We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who received surgical treatment to provide a feasible solution for perioperative pain management of these patients. The medical records of 714 patients with knee OA who had undergone total knee arthroplasty (n=551), unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (n=92) and high tibial osteotomy (n=71) were retrospectively analyzed and the cases were divided into Groups A, B, and C, according to the continuously optimized pain management. Clinical data including anesthesia grade, surgery time, functional exercise, hospital stay, pain, emotion, complications and prognosis were compared.

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Conditions studied

  • Knee Osteoarthritis
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty
  • Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
  • High Tibial Osteotomy
  • Pain Management
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In context

Osteoarthritis

4,398 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis; 582 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 714 is above the median of 100 across 791 observational studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.

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Lead sponsor

Peng Liu is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

The medical records of 714 patients (142 men, 40 women; mean age: 38.5 years; age range: 18-64 years) with moderate or severe knee OA who had undergone TKA (n=551), UKA (n=92), or HTO (n=71) in a group of joint surgery at Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital between March 2016 and February 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Clinical data, including age, weight, height, anesthesia grade, surgery, and time, as well as continuously improved perioperative pain management measures, were recorded.

Inclusion criteria

  • first knee surgery were 50-80 years old had complete clinical and follow-up data

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status grade≥4 comorbidity with three or more systemic diseases long-term anxiety and depression, contraindications of painkillers, long-term alcoholism, or taking painkillers concomitant limb pain caused by spinal degeneration
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
714 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

    Total knee arthroplasty

    Procedure: Preoperative pain managment · Procedure: Intraoperative pain managment · Procedure: Postoperative pain managment

  • Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA)

    Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

    Procedure: Preoperative pain managment · Procedure: Intraoperative pain managment · Procedure: Postoperative pain managment

  • High tibial osteotomy (HTO)

    High tibial osteotomy

    Procedure: Preoperative pain managment · Procedure: Intraoperative pain managment · Procedure: Postoperative pain managment

Interventions

  • ProcedurePreoperative pain managment

    propaganda and education on pain; Preemptive analgesia with celecoxib (200 mg bid) 2 days before surgery

  • ProcedureIntraoperative pain managment

    Squeeze to expel blood (tourniquet); Before skin suture, 20 mL 0.5% ropivacaine was given subcutaneously for local infiltration anesthesia;

  • ProcedurePostoperative pain managment

    The intravenous analgesia pump was placed until 48 h after surgery;On the second day after surgery, celecoxib (200 mg bid) was administered orally, and buprenorphine transdermal patch was applied externally until hospital discharge;FNB catheter was placed under the guidance of ultrasound and connected with an analgesic pump, the anesthesia lasted until 48 h after surgery ‡

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. visual analogue score (VAS)

    visual analogue score (VAS)

    Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

  2. visual analogue score (VAS)

    visual analogue score (VAS)

    Time frame: 72 hours after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Quadriceps muscle strength

    Quadriceps muscle strength

    Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

  2. Quadriceps muscle strength

    Quadriceps muscle strength

    Time frame: 72 hours after surgery

  3. Scope of activities to knee joint

    Scope of activities to knee joint

    Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

  4. Scope of activities to knee joint

    Scope of activities to knee joint

    Time frame: 72 hours after surgery

Other outcomes

  1. Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

    Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

    Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

  2. Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

    Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

    Time frame: 72 hours after surgery

  3. Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)

    Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)

    Time frame: 24 hours after surgery

  4. Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)

    Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)

    Time frame: 72 hours after surgery

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
    Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 9, 2023, 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
NCT06124170
Lead sponsor
Peng Liu
Responsible party
Peng Liu (Professor, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Nov 9, 2023
Start date
Mar 1, 2016
Primary completion
Mar 2, 2022
Completion
Mar 2, 2023
Last update
Nov 9, 2023

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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