NCT02525588

Polyethylene Wear Study on the Triathlon Total Knee Prosthesis

Polyethylene Wear Study on the Triathlon Total Knee Prosthesis A Prospective Randomized Single Centre Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis (RSA) Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Stryker Orthopaedics · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Comparison of conventional UHMWPE (ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene) with highly cross-linked polyethylene (X3) in a condylar stabilizing (CS) fixed bearing total knee prosthesis by means of RSA and clinical evaluation.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to compare conventional UHMWPE with X3 highly cross-linked polyethylene in a CS fixed bearing total knee prosthesis (Triathlon Knee System: Stryker, Warsaw, USA) by means of RSA and clinical evaluation.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Triathlon CS fixed bearing total knee prosthesis	The patient will receive either the N2Vac polyethylene inlay or the X3 polyethylene inlay for their CS total knee.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-28
• Completion: 2019-03-28
• First posted: 2015-08-17
• Last updated: 2024-02-22
• Results posted: 2020-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands