Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Code:

NCT03825029

Conditions

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip

Hip Replacement, Total

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Pillow

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to find out whether placing a pillow between the legs during hip surgery will result in a better aligned hip replacement.

Conditions

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip

Hip Replacement, Total

Study ID

NCT03825029

Start date

Jul 22, 2019

Status verified date

Aug, 2020

Completion date

Sep, 2021

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2021

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient awaiting primary total hip arthroplasty using a posterior approach in a lateral decubitus position
  • Patients capable of reading, understanding, and willing to sign the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Total hip arthroplasty not using a posterior approach in a lateral decubitus position
  • Prior hip osteotomy or fracture osteosynthesis on the index hip

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Pillow Group

There will be a pillow placed between the patients legs during their operation.

no intervention: Control Group

They will receive a normal total hip arthroplasty.

Interventions

Pillow

A pillow to lessen the angle differences between hips so that the acetabular component can be placed in an optimal position.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in radiographic cup inclination angle [ Time Frame: Intra-operatively and post-operatively (within one month after the surgery) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Johanna Dobransky, MHK, BSc, CCRP

6137378899jdobransky@ohri.ca

Meaghan Dufresne

613-737-8899meadufresne@ohri.ca

Locations

The Ottawa Hospital

Recruiting

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6

Contacts

Johanna Dobransky

6137378899jdobransky@ohri.ca

More Information

Sponsor

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Last update posted

Aug 12, 2020

Last verified

Aug, 2020

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute on 2020-08-12.