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Total Hip Arthroplasty: Fast Track Protocol is the Future?

Randomised Controlled Study Comparing Fast Track and Standard Care Protocol on Functional Outcomes and Hospital Stay Of Total Hip Arthroplasty

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03875976
Acronym
FastTrack-H
Enrollment
90
Registered
2019-03-15
Start date
2018-03-01
Completion date
2023-01-01
Last updated
2023-07-21

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

Conditions

Hip Osteoarthritis, Arthropathy of Hip

Keywords

fast track care, total hip arthroplasty

Brief summary

Fast-track total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a well-established concept including optimized logistics and evidence-based treatment, focusing on minimizing surgical stress and improved post-operative recovery. The aim of this protocol is to compare the standard care and fast track total hip arthroplasties in terms of functional and subjective outcomes, hospital staying, number of transfusions and analgesic consumption.

Detailed description

The aim of this protocol is to compare standard care and fast track total hip arthroplasties. The fast track care consists of: * preoperative educational lesson in which orthopedic surgeon, anesthesiologist and physiotherapist illustrate the operative and post operative path to the patients * antalgic protocol administered only orally * early rehabilitation care. The day of the surgical operation, the physiotherapist helps the patient reach the upright position. The standard care consists of usual antalgic and physiotherapy post-operative care: * Antalgic protocol consist in intravenous drugs * the first physiotherapy session is the day after surgery.

Interventions

Fast Track Care consists in educational preoperative preparation for patients, particular strategies for controlling pain and intensive early rehabilitation protocol

Standard Care Protocol consists in the same surgical intervention without educational preoperative preparation for patients and intensive early rehabilitation protocol

Sponsors

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a fast track protocol , which consists of an innovative analgesic therapy scheme and a rapid rehabilitation protocol, and a standard care protocol.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* patients affected by hip osteoarthritis, eligible for primary total hip arthroplasty * BMI \< 32 * Time up ang go test \</= 12 seconds * American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system (ASA) \</= 2 * preoperative hemoglobin (HB) \>13 g/dl * patients eligible for spinal anesthesia * presence of a care-giver

Exclusion criteria

* psychiatric diseases * preoperative use of crutches * ASA \> 3 * preoperative HB \< 13 g/dl

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Early functional outcomesThird post operative dayEarly functional outcomes are collecting using Lowa Level of Assistance(ILOA) during the third post-operative day. This scale is able to provide data on the autonomy reached by the patient in the first postoperative period going to investigate five main motor activities (get up from supine to seated, from sitting to standing position, walk around, take three steps, the speed of walking). The total score can vary from 0 to 56, where 56 indicates worst functional results.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of early major complicationsThird day after surgeryThe collection of acute infection and early fracture
Number of transfusionsThird day after surgerythe collection of number of transfusions during hospital staying
Analgesic consumptionThird day after surgeryThe request for analgesic rescue in relation to fast track standard analgesic scheme
Harris Hip Score (HHS) at 6 weeks6 weeks after surgeryThe collection of functional outcomes HHS at 6 weeks. The HHS is made of four subscales. The first is pain, which measures pain severity (44 points); function, which is made up of daily activities and gait (47 points); the absence of deformity, which is a subscale that measures hip flexion, adduction, internal rotation, leg length discrepancy and range of motion measures.(4 points), and range of motion (5 points). The higher scores representing less dysfunction and better outcomes.
Harris Hip Score (HHS) at third monththird month after surgeryThe collection of functional outcomes HHS at third month. The HHS is made of four subscales. The first is pain, which measures pain severity (44 points); function, which is made up of daily activities and gait (47 points); the absence of deformity, which is a subscale that measures hip flexion, adduction, internal rotation, leg length discrepancy and range of motion measures.(4 points), and range of motion (5 points). The higher scores representing less dysfunction and better outcomes
hospital stayingThird post operative dayThe collection of hospital stay for each patient. The fast track expecting hospital stay is three days.
Harris Hip Score (HHS) at twelfth month twelfthtwelfth month after surgeryThe collection of functional outcomes HHS at twelfth month. The HHS is made of four subscales. The first is pain, which measures pain severity (44 points); function, which is made up of daily activities and gait (47 points); the absence of deformity, which is a subscale that measures hip flexion, adduction, internal rotation, leg length discrepancy and range of motion measures.(4 points), and range of motion (5 points). The higher scores representing less dysfunction and better outcomes
WOMAC at 6 weeks6 weeks after surgeryThe Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) is widely used in the evaluation of Hip Osteoarthritis. It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales: Pain (5 items): during walking, using stairs, in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright Stiffness (2 items): after first waking and later in the day. Physical Function (17 items): using stairs, rising from sitting, standing, bending, walking, getting in / out of a car, shopping, putting on / taking off socks, rising from bed, lying in bed, getting in / out of bath, sitting, getting on / off toilet, heavy domestic duties, light domestic duties. The scores for each subscale are summed up, with a possible score range of 0-20 for Pain, 0-8 for Stiffness, and 0-68 for Physical Function. The higher scores representing less outcomes.
WOMAC at third monthThird month after surgeryThe Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) is widely used in the evaluation of Hip Osteoarthritis. It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales: Pain (5 items): during walking, using stairs, in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright Stiffness (2 items): after first waking and later in the day. Physical Function (17 items): using stairs, rising from sitting, standing, bending, walking, getting in / out of a car, shopping, putting on / taking off socks, rising from bed, lying in bed, getting in / out of bath, sitting, getting on / off toilet, heavy domestic duties, light domestic duties. The scores for each subscale are summed up, with a possible score range of 0-20 for Pain, 0-8 for Stiffness, and 0-68 for Physical Function. The higher scores representing less outcomes.
WOMAC at sixth monthSixth month after surgeryThe Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) is widely used in the evaluation of Hip Osteoarthritis. It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales: Pain (5 items): during walking, using stairs, in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright Stiffness (2 items): after first waking and later in the day. Physical Function (17 items): using stairs, rising from sitting, standing, bending, walking, getting in / out of a car, shopping, putting on / taking off socks, rising from bed, lying in bed, getting in / out of bath, sitting, getting on / off toilet, heavy domestic duties, light domestic duties. The scores for each subscale are summed up, with a possible score range of 0-20 for Pain, 0-8 for Stiffness, and 0-68 for Physical Function. The higher scores representing less outcomes.
WOMAC at twelfth monthtwelfth month after surgeryThe Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) is widely used in the evaluation of Hip Osteoarthritis. It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales: Pain (5 items): during walking, using stairs, in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright Stiffness (2 items): after first waking and later in the day. Physical Function (17 items): using stairs, rising from sitting, standing, bending, walking, getting in / out of a car, shopping, putting on / taking off socks, rising from bed, lying in bed, getting in / out of bath, sitting, getting on / off toilet, heavy domestic duties, light domestic duties. The scores for each subscale are summed up, with a possible score range of 0-20 for Pain, 0-8 for Stiffness, and 0-68 for Physical Function. The higher scores representing less outcomes.
Harris Hip Score (HHS) at sixth monthsixth month after surgeryThe collection of functional outcomes HHS at sixth month. The HHS is made of four subscales. The first is pain, which measures pain severity (44 points); function, which is made up of daily activities and gait (47 points); the absence of deformity, which is a subscale that measures hip flexion, adduction, internal rotation, leg length discrepancy and range of motion measures.(4 points), and range of motion (5 points). The higher scores representing less dysfunction and better outcomes

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 22, 2026