Effect of Methylprednisolone on Quadriceps Muscle Function in Patients Undergoing Total Knee-arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study evaluates the pathophysiological effects of a single dose Methylprednisolone administered prior to total knee-arthroplasty (TKA). The investigators examine the effect on thigh muscle function to evaluate the efficacy of Methylprednisolone on knee-extension strength at discharge after TKA.

Half of participants will receive intravenous Solu-Medrol 125 mg, while the other half will receive placebo.

The investigators hypothesize that the group receiving Methylprednisolone will experience smaller loss of knee-extension strength compared to the placebo-group, early after TKA.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Collaborator: Bispebjerg Hospital
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Osteoarthrosis

• Undergoing total unilateral knee-arthroplasty surgery

• Speak and understand Danish

• Have given informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Revision, bilateral or uni chamber knee-arthroplasty surgery

• General anaesthesia

• Allergy or intolerance towards Methylprednisolone

• Local or systemic infection

• Permanent systemic treatment with steroids within 30 days preoperatively

• Insulin-dependent diabetes

• Active treatment of ulcer within 3 months preoperatively

• Cancer disease

• Autoimmune disease incl. rheumatoid arthritis

• Pregnant or breast feeding women

• Menopause <1 year