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Multiple Electrode Aggregometry to Assess Platelet Function in Patients Undergoing Hip Joint Alloplasty With and Without Bone Cement

Completed
Conditions
Platelet Aggregation
Arthroplasty
Methylmethacrylate Embolism
Registration Number
NCT03121378
Lead Sponsor
Medical University of Warsaw
Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to assess blood platelet function and activation in patients undergoing both cement and non cement hip joint total alloplasty. Bone cement is used as a special biomaterial to help fix a hip prosthesis in place but is associated with bone cement implantation syndrome causing such complications as hypotension, cardiac arrhythmias. The pathophysiology of bone cement implantation syndrome is not fully known but one theory supports formation of clots in the bloodstream. This directly would activate platelets but no such study has been performed in humans. As bone reaming could potentially cause platelet activation even without bone cement, the study involves a control group of patients undergoing non cemented joint alloplasty.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
36
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients qualified for hip arthroplasty
  • Signed consent for study
  • No abnormality in coagulation screen
  • Not taking regular antiplatelet medication except small dose of acetylsalicylic acid
Exclusion Criteria
  • Lack of consent
  • Low platelet count (<100 thousand) in standard preoperative full blood count
  • On regular antiplatelet medication (except 75mg acetylsalicylic acid)

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in platelet aggregation as expressed by height and slope of curveUp to 30 minutes

Differences in increase of impedance to a current during multiple electrode aggregometry measured as area under curve (AUC) expressed in units AU\*minute which is derived from the velocity and maximum height of the aggregometry curves

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

I Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Warsaw Medical University

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Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

I Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Warsaw Medical University
🇵🇱Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

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