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Clinical Trials/DRKS00028083
DRKS00028083
Recruiting
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to assess perfusion in suspected joint infection after arthroplasty joint replacement - CEUS, infection, arthroplasty

Zentrum für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie0 sites100 target enrollmentFebruary 14, 2022

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
T84.0
Sponsor
Zentrum für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie
Enrollment
100
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 14, 2022
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Zentrum für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Paraplegiologie

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adult patients with suspected joint infection in the hip or knee joint after total joint replacement who present and are examined at Heidelberg University Hospital are included in the study. In addition, patients who return 1 year postoperatively (or later) for routine follow\-up after joint replacement are invited to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • \- Age under 18 years
  • \- Inability to consent
  • \- Known intolerance to SonoVue® or other ultrasound contrast media.
  • \- Allergic reaction when given SonoVue®
  • \- Patients with known right\-to\-left shunt, severe pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery pressure \> 90 mmHg), uncontrolled systemic hypertension or acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • \- Pregnancy and breast feeding period.
  • \- Lack of informed consent or
  • \- refusal to participate.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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