NCT04226339

Brief Summary

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a treatment for advanced femoro-tibial osteoarthritis. This surgery is justified in case of significant discomfort and failure of medical treatment. The functional results of TKA are good with a recovery of 6 months - 1 year. Nevertheless, very few patients forget their prostheses. A United Kingdom study assessed patient satisfaction in a cohort of 10,000 patients more than one year after TKA: nearly 20% were not satisfied with their TKA. The knee is indeed a complex articulation that works differently in the three space plans. Current knee prostheses are trying to replicate this biomechanics and get as close as possible to the anatomy of a native knee. Bellemans et al. found in 250 asymptomatic patients 32% of men with a constitutional varus greater than 3 ° and 17% of women. Restoration of normal knee function can also be achieved by restoring a moderate constitutional deformity present preoperatively. The objective of the femorotibial alignment was dogmatically fixed at 180° (mechanical femorotibial alignment). In recent years, some surgical teams have attempted to reproduce the preoperative constitutional deformity in varus or valgus with the prosthesis. This femorotibial alignment is called kinematic alignment. This kinematic alignment has already been studied in several randomized studies and has demonstrated improved functional scores. However, these studies focused on specific TKA, which are posterior cruciate TKA, and the assessment was subjective through functional scores. In addition, these TKA were often made with patient specific instrumentation (PSI). Some studies have evaluated walking kinematics after TKA with kinematic alignment. But it was again TKA retaining the posterior cruciate ligament. The investigators would like to prospectively evaluate the restoration of the medially stabilized TKA walking kinematics (medial-stable TKA or ball in socket stability) implanted with a kinematic alignment compared to a mechanical alignment.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
104

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
34mo left

Started Sep 2020

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress67%
Sep 2020Mar 2029

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 9, 2020

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 13, 2020

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 7, 2020

Completed
4.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

March 7, 2025

Completed
4 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

March 7, 2029

Expected
Last Updated

August 23, 2022

Status Verified

August 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

4.5 years

First QC Date

January 9, 2020

Last Update Submit

August 22, 2022

Conditions

Keywords

total knee arthroplastyprosthesiskinetic alignmentmechanical alignment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Change of short terms walking speed.

    Comparison between the 2 arms, of the walking speed variation between the evaluation before surgery and 1 year after total knee arthroplasty

    12 months

Secondary Outcomes (12)

  • femorotibial angle in frontal plan

    12 months

  • sagittal femorotibial angle

    12 months

  • tibia rotation compared to the femur

    12 months

  • maximal knee flexion

    12 months

  • maximal knee extension

    12 months

  • +7 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

total knee arthroplasty with a kinetic alignment

EXPERIMENTAL
Procedure: total knee arthroplasty with a kinetic alignment

total knee arthroplasty with a mechanical alignment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR
Procedure: total knee arthroplasty with a mechanical alignment

Interventions

During surgery, a SPHERE prosthesis will replace the knee and the femorotibial alignment. it will be set to reproduce the preoperative constitutional deformity in varus or valgus as it was measured before surgery

total knee arthroplasty with a kinetic alignment

During surgery, a SPHERE prosthesis will replace the knee and the femorotibial alignment. It will be set to 180° as defined for a mechanical femorotibial alignment

total knee arthroplasty with a mechanical alignment

Eligibility Criteria

Age55 Years - 80 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Both sex
  • Adults between 55 and 80 years
  • Diagnosis of internal or global disabling femorotibial gonarthrosis Indication of total first knee arthroplasty (unilateral), using a Sphere type prosthesis (Medacta)
  • Constitutional deformity in varus between 3 ° and 10 °
  • Fulfilling the pass conditions of a KneeKG walking test: Unipodal support possible for 1 minute, run for 5 min at a speed of at least 0.8 km / h
  • Affiliated to a social security system
  • Patients able to understand and fulfill the requirement of the study

You may not qualify if:

  • TKA bilateral
  • TKA to change an Uni-compartmental prosthesis
  • History of femoral or tibial fracture
  • History of femoral or tibial osteotomy
  • Associated gesture at the same time (allograft, osteotomy)
  • External femorotibial gonarthrosis
  • Angle Hip Knee Ankle \> 178 °
  • Constitutional distortion\> 10 °
  • Refusal to participate in the study
  • Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, persons under psychiatric care, persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than research
  • Adults subject to a legal protection measure
  • breastfeeding or pregnant women
  • Patient already participating to another clinical trial that might jeopardize the current trial

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Hôpital de la Croix Rousse

Lyon, 69004, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arthroplasty, ReplacementArthroplastyOrthopedic ProceduresSurgical Procedures, OperativePlastic Surgery ProceduresProsthesis Implantation

Study Officials

  • Sebastien Lustig, Pr

    Hospices Civils de Lyon

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 9, 2020

First Posted

January 13, 2020

Study Start

September 7, 2020

Primary Completion

March 7, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

March 7, 2029

Last Updated

August 23, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

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