Arthroplasty Pain Experience (APEX) Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Musculoskeletal; Subtopic: Musculoskeletal (all Subtopics); Disease: Musculoskeletal; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Arthroplasty pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN96095682
• Lead Sponsor: Southmead Hospital (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-04-29
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients undergoing primary total hip replacement or primary total knee replacement for osteoarthritis at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre
2. Are willing and able to provide fully informed consent and complete the study questionnaires
3. Male and female, lower age limit of 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients undergoing revision joint replacement
2. Patients undergoing joint replacement for a diagnosis other than osteoarthritis
3. Patients under the age of 18 years
4. Patients with any medical comorbidity that precludes spinal anaesthetic, regional blocks or the use of strong analgesics postoperatively
5. Diagnosis of severe dementia or psychiatric illness such that they are unable to complete the questionnaires or provide informed consent
6. Patients undergoing stimulatenous bilateral joint replacement
7. Patients who have been in the trial for a previous joint replacement
8. Patients who are unable to understand English will be exclude because not all the validated questionnaires have been translated into languages other than English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified