Clinical trial NCT04611815: Robotic-assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty vs. Conventional One
Official title: Does Robotic-assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Improves Functional Outcome and Gait Pattern in Comparison to Conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty With Use of Bicruciate-stabilized (BS) Implant? Randmized-controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Osteo Arthritis Knee
Knee Arthritis
Knee Pain Chronic
Lead sponsor: Medical University of Warsaw
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-11-02
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study compares and evaluates differences in movement analysis, patient-reported outcome and radiological assesment between patients undergoing robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty and conventional one.

Detailed description: Osteoarthritis causes the joints to become painful and stiff. Osteoarthritis of the knee is a common condition that is expected to be a lot more frequent in the next two decades. As a consequence, an increase of total knee replacement surgery is predicted. Total knee replacement surgery is offered when knee pain and stiffness caused by osteoarthritis can no longer be managed and these symptoms significantly impact on an individual's normal activities of daily living. Most total knee replacements are successful but up to 34% of all patients have poor functional outcomes following surgery. This leaves affected people at a greater risk of reduced physical activity and thus impacts longer-term general health. Poor outcomes are therefore of importance to patients and have a considerable financial and service-provision impact on National Health Service (NHS) care. While patient-related characteristics and their relationship to patient outcomes have been identified, few studies have been undertaken to determine how kinematic outcomes (how the prosthetic knee moves) are related to functional outcome and patient satisfaction. The kinematic outcome of a total knee replacement is hypothesised to relate to both the structural design (shape) of the implant and the surgical procedure itself. In recent years, there has been development of high technology tools to help surgeon restoring proper joint biomechanics. Nowadays on the market there are several robots designed to fulfill this function. To date, no studies have investigated the kinematic outcomes of robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty in comparison to conventional surgery. Whilst it is known that long term success of total knee replacement depends largely upon correct alignment of the prosthesis components during surgery, no studies have looked at the anatomical alignments of the osteoarthritic knee prior to undergoing surgery (using Computerised Tomography (CT) scanning). The aim of the study is to examine relationships between movement analysis (kinematic and functional outcomes), patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) with use of the combination of either Oxford score or KOOS score with addition of WOMAC and Lysholm scores and CT measurement, both pre- and post-operatively, between robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty and conventional surgery.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Listed for a primary total knee replacement (TKR)
2. Indication for the TKR is primary osteoarthritis of the knee joint involving one or more compartments
3. Aged 18 or over
4. Patient willing to provide full informed consent to the trial

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Listed for a single-stage one-sided TKR procedure
2. Severe symptoms in the contralateral knee so as to require staged bilateral knee replacements within 6 months of the primary procedure
3. Fixed flexion deformity of 15 degrees or greater who will require excessive resection of the distal femur
4. Clinically assessed uncorrectable varus/valgus deformity of 15 degrees or greater
5. Any co-morbidity which, in the opinion of the investigator, is severe enough to present an unacceptable risk to the patient's safety
6. Inflammatory arthritis
7. Previous septic arthritis in the affected knee joint
8. Previous surgery to the collateral ligaments of the affected knee
9. A contralateral total knee replacement that has been implanted less than one year from the date of consultation
10. A contralateral total knee replacement that is severely painful
11. Patients on warfarin or novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs)
12. Will not be resident in the catchment area for at least 6 months post-surgery
13. Undertaking the surgery as a private patient
14. Patients who, in the opinion of the clinical staff, do not have capacity to consent
15. Patients who are pregnant
16. Unable to understand written and spoken Polish

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in patients reported outcome measures - Oxford Knee Score (OKS)
timeFrame: At baseline (preoperatively), 6-8 weeks and 12 months postoperatively.
measure: Changes in patients reported outcome measures - Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)
timeFrame: At baseline, 6-8 weeks post-operatively and 12 months post-operatively.
measure: Changes in patients reported outcome measures - Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)
timeFrame: At baseline, 6-8 weeks post-operatively and 12 months post-operatively.
measure: Changes in patients reported outcome measures - Lysholm knee scoring scale
timeFrame: At baseline, 6-8 weeks post-operatively and 12 months post-operatively.
measure: Changes in patients range of motion (ROM)
timeFrame: At baseline, 6-8 weeks post-operatively and 12 months post-operatively.
measure: *We take into consideration the possible use of other PROM questionnaires and analysis of different adverse events depending on the unpredictable circumstances.
timeFrame: At baseline, 6-8 weeks post-operatively and 12 months post-operatively.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in patients reported outcome measures - Oxford Knee Score (OKS)
timeFrame: [Time Frame: 1 week and 6-8 weeks post-operatively]
measure: Changes in patients reported outcomes - Oxford Knee Score Activity & Participation Questionnaire (OKS_APQ)
timeFrame: Time Frame: 1 week, 6-8 weeks and 6 months post- operatively
measure: Changes in patients reported outcomes - Forgotten Joint Score (FJS)
timeFrame: Time Frame: 6-8 weeks and 6 months post-operatively
measure: Changes in patients reported outcomes - UCLA (University of California) score
timeFrame: Time Frame: 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Changes in knee range of motion
timeFrame: Time Frame: preoperatively, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Changes in pain medication
timeFrame: Time Frame: 1 week, 6-8 weeks and 3-6 months post-operatively
measure: arthroplasty related complications
timeFrame: Time Frame: 1 week post- operatively, 6-8 weeks post-operatively and 6-12 months post-operatively
measure: arthroplasty revision surgeries
timeFrame: Time Frame: 1 week, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: walking abilities
timeFrame: Time Frame: 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Length of hospital stay
timeFrame: Time Frame: from baseline to discharge from hospital ranging averagely from 1 up to 7 days postoperatively
measure: Biomechanical 3D motion and emg walking outcomes
timeFrame: Time Frame: at baseline, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Radiological outcome on CT scans
timeFrame: Time Frame: at baseline preoperatively and 6 weeks post- operatively
measure: 6- minute walking abilities
timeFrame: Time Frame: 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Biomechanical stair climbing outcomes
timeFrame: Time Frame: at baseline, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Biomechanical static balance outcomes
timeFrame: Time Frame: at baseline, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Biomechanical dynamic balance outcomes
timeFrame: Time Frame: at baseline, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
measure: Leg muscle strength outcomes
timeFrame: Time Frame: at baseline, 6-8 weeks and 12 months post-operatively
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Warsaw
country: Poland
facility: Department of Othopedics and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Warsaw
state: Mazovia
Study officials:
affiliation: Medical University of Warsaw
name: Bartosz M. Maciąg, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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