Status:
WITHDRAWN
Surgical Lavage vs Serial Needle Aspiration for Infected Joints
Lead Sponsor:
Emory University
Conditions:
Arthritis
Septic
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Joint spaces are aseptic areas, meaning that they do not contain microorganisms. Any injury to the joint space could cause the entry of microorganisms, with the potential to cause infection. Septic ar...
Detailed Description
The principle objectives and justification for this study: To determine whether arthrotomy with irrigation and debridement or repeated arthrocentesis provides a clear benefit over the other for the t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with acute onset of symptoms of less than or equal to two weeks' duration.
- Patients with infection of only the following joints: ankle, knee, hip, wrist, elbow, or shoulder
- Patients with proven bacterial infection by positive gram stain or culture of synovial fluid and with white blood cell count in synovial flood consistent with infection (75,000 - 150,000 cells/mm3.)
- Cases with negative synovial fluid cultures if positive blood cultures are present and associated with typical inflammatory synovial fluid changes without other identifiable sources of infection and if antibiotic therapy had been initiated earlier to explain negative synovial fluid cultures.
- Monoarticular arthritis
Exclusion
- Gonococcal infections
- Infected prosthetic joints
- Adjacent osteomyelitis preceding joint infection
- Septic arthritis occurring as an incidental event late in the course of otherwise fatal illness
- Patients that are 17 years old or less.
- Polyarticular arthritis.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00313365
Start Date
April 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2013
Last Update
September 24 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303