Pain Control After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty With Either Regional or Local Pain Katheter

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03032133

Enrollment

140

Registered

2017-01-26

Start date

2016-02-29

Completion date

2018-12-31

Last updated

2019-02-12

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Keywords

Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Knee Replacement, Outcome, Results, Pain

Brief summary

Patients are randomized to receive pain control after Total Knee Arthroplasty with either a regional pain catheter or a local intraarticular pain catheter. Pain, analgetic use and mobility is asessed.

Interventions

PROCEDURERegional pain control

Regional pain catheter

PROCEDURELocal pain control

Local intraarticular pain catheter

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Indication to Total Knee Arthroplasty * Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Chronic pain * Allergy against local anaesthetics * Not understanding study or questionnaires

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
pain	daily until day 7 after surgery	Pain on Visual Analog Scale

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
analgetics	daily until day 7 after surgery	Use of additional analgetics
Mobility	daily until day 7 after surgery	grade of mobility
Function	preoperative, 3 month, 1 year	Knee Society Score
Patient reported outcome	preoperative, 3 month, 1 year	Oxford Knee Score
Quality of Life	preoperative, 3 month, 1 year	EQ 5D

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026