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Efficacy and safety study of Topical tranexamic acid to decrease postoperative blood loss in total knee arthroplasty

Efficacy and safety of Topical tranexamic acid to decrease postoperative blood loss in total knee arthroplasty -Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0004298
Enrollment
325
Registered
2019-10-02
Start date
2016-01-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-10-07

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : A total of 325 patients who were scheduled to undergo TKA are recruited in a prospective randomized double-blinded and placebo-controlled comparative study. The patients are randomly assigned t
group 1, 0.5 g TXA
group 2, 1.0 g TXA
group 3, 2.0 g TXA
and group 4, 3.0 g TXA

Sponsors

Seoul National University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who were suffering from knee osteoarthritis and were scheduled to undergo total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: acquired disturbances of color vision, preoperative anemia (a hemoglobin level of <11 g/dL in females and <12 g/dL in males), coagulopathy (as identified by a preoperative platelet count of <150,000/mm3, international normalized ratio of >1.4, or prolonged partial thromboplastin time [>1.4 times normal]), history of arterial or venous thromboembolic disease (such as a cerebrovascular accident, deep-vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolus),

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
decrease in postoperative hemoglobin level

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
blood loss calculated using Good's method,;drainage volume;frequency of transfusion

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactLee Chul

Seoul National University Hospital

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026