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CompletedNCT01121146

Study Comparing Marathon Polyethylene and Enduron Polyethylene Acetabular Liners Used in Total Hip Arthroplasty

A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study Comparing Marathon Polyethylene and Enduron Polyethylene Acetabular Liners Used in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
236 (actual)
Sponsor
Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether crosslinked Marathon and standard Enduron polyethylene liners show differences in bone loss around the hip implant.

Detailed description

Several institutions report very low wear rates with highly crosslinked polyethylene based on early clinical data. However, since bone loss typically appears after 5-year follow-up, the reduction in the incidence and extent of bone loss among total hip replacement patients with crosslinked Marathon liners, compared to those with standard Enduron liners, has not been as dramatic as the wear reduction. Despite the substantial reduction in wear that we observed at 5-year follow-up, the patients' perceptions of their outcomes remained similar among the Marathon and Enduron groups. This study will evaluate outcome at a minimum of 10-years after surgery among the same group of patients whose outcome was previously reported at 5-year follow-up. At 10-year follow-up, we anticipate that the reduction in wear associated with Marathon polyethylene will be associated with significant reductions in bone loss when compared to the Enduron polyethylene.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICETotal Hip ReplacementComparison of Marathon and Enduron polyethylene

Timeline

Start date
1998-12-01
Primary completion
2012-03-01
Completion
2012-03-01
First posted
2010-05-12
Last updated
2014-11-05
Results posted
2014-11-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01121146. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.