NCT01073124CompletedNot Applicable
Sensitivity of the Saline Load Test With and Without Methylene Blue Dye in the Diagnosis of Traumatic Knee Arthrotomies
United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentStarted: May 1, 2008Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Volume (mm) injected at time of outflow
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if adding blue dye improves the saline load test, which is a way to detect a traumatic intraarticular knee injury by injecting normal saline into the knee and looking for outflow through the wound.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Individuals with diagnosis warranting elective knee arthroscopy
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnant women
- •Decreased knee range of motion (flex < 125, ext <0)
- •Active infection of knee joint
- •history of or current intraarticular knee malignancy
- •history of open traumatic injury of the knee
Arms & Interventions
Normal Saline
Active Comparator
Normal Saline injected intraarticularly into the knee joint
Intervention: Saline Load Test (Procedure)
Dilute Methylene Blue Dye
Experimental
1 ml methylene blue dye per 500 ml normal saline injected intraarticularly into the knee
Intervention: Saline Load Test (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Volume (mm) injected at time of outflow
Time Frame: 1 month
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Study Sites (1)
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