Locally Administered Clodronate in the Prevention of Aseptic Implant Loosening

January 16, 2019 updated by: University of Oulu

Could the Intra-operative Clodronate Rinsing Improve the Integration of the Femoral Stem in a Prospective, Double-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical RSA-study

Periprosthetic bone-loss after total hip arthroplasty (THA), detected as an early migration of the prosthesis, may predict later loosening. The investigators hypothesized that by reducing bone resorption after THA with bisphosphonates, it might be possible to achieve better early fixation of the implant.

Nineteen patients suffering arthrosis were recruited to a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical pilot trial. Patients were operated with an uncemented Bimetric stem with tantalum markers, the acetabular cup and liner were chosen by the surgeon. The femoral proximal intramedullary canal was rinsed with 1mM (millimole) clodronate, that was done by adding the clodronate to the 1000 ml 0.9% NaCl (sodium chloride) in nine patients and rinsing solution was the pure 0.9% NaCl for 10 patients. These rinsing packages were labeled only with the code from the pharmacy of the hospital. These patients were followed for two years using radiostereometric analysis (RSA), dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and the Harris hip score (HHS).

The purpose of the investigator's study was to examine whether the local intraoperative administration of clodronate could reduce periprosthetic bone loss and further stem migration after primary THA.

Study Overview

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Completed

Conditions

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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19

Phase

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  • Early Phase 1

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Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 73 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • hip arthrosis and
  • a primary THA was planned

Exclusion Criteria:

  • renal insufficiency
  • hypercalcemia
  • malignant tumors
  • contemporaneously treatment with another bisphosphonate or aminoglycoside

Study Plan

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Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: Clodronate
1 mM clodronate (60 mg in 1000 ml saline) was used intraoperatively during total hip arthroplasty: before installation of the prosthesis, the rinsing was performed with pulsatile lavage using the clodronate solution. The time for rinsing was about one minute.
Drug: Clodronate
Placebo Comparator: Saline
1000 ml saline was used intraoperatively during total hip arthroplasty: before installation of the prosthesis, the rinsing was performed with pulsatile lavage using the saline solution. The time for rinsing was about one minute.
Drug: Saline

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Maximal total point motion (MTPM) - migration of the femoral stem
Time Frame: 0 to 24 months
It represents the length of the translation vector of the point in a rigid body that has the greatest motion. It can only have positive values, and is not normally distributed. The reason for using MTPM is that in many cases, motion implies a biological effect of some kind and this effect is liable to be greatest at the point of maximum motion. The parameter has been measured by RSA-methods, which is an accurate method of determining the migration and wear of orthopaedic implants: it determine the precise location of two distinct objects relative to each other in three dimension such as the relative position of the femoral component and the proximal femur. In radiostereometric analysis the position in space of the original object is reconstructed from a two dimensional x-ray film using tantalum beads. Movement between segments is then calculated by localizing each segment in a coordinate system. Lower values represent a better outcome.
0 to 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Bone mineral density (BMD) in 7 Gruen zones
Time Frame: 0 to 24 months
BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, DXA. In clinical use, precision errors are < 5 %. To evaluate the horizontal linear distribution of the BMD, seven Gruen zones, peri-prosthetic sub-regions of interest, ROI (region of interest) were calculated by the software on the anteroposterior view of the proximal femur. The value of BMD is g/cm2 and it estimates the strength of the bone. Higher values/lesser decrease in values represent a better outcome.
0 to 24 months

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Migration of femoral stem
Time Frame: 0 to 24 months
Subsidence and vertical movement of the femoral stem (scale micrometers), x-, y- and z-translations. Parameters were measured using RSA-methods and the scaling is linear. Lower values represent a better outcome.
0 to 24 months
The maximal (MTPM) maximal total point motion
Time Frame: 3 to 24 months
The maximal MTPM value after 3 months when the expected integration of stem should have happened. Lower values represent a better outcome.
3 to 24 months
Correlation between baseline BMD and the maximal MTPM
Time Frame: BMD (0 month) - the maximal MTPM 3 to 24 months
This parameters summarize the BMD and RSA values together. The investigators have planned it to evaluate the correlation between the quality of periprosthetic bone in baseline and the migration of femoral stem during 2 years follow-up period between the study groups.
BMD (0 month) - the maximal MTPM 3 to 24 months
Harris Hip Score (HHS)
Time Frame: 0 to 24 months
Harris Hip Score (HHS) is a clinician-based outcome measure, health status scale, that is frequently used to measure the outcome of total hip arthroplasty. It is measured by questionnaire that give points from 0 to 100. Higher values represent a better outcome.
0 to 24 months

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Sponsor

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University of Oulu

Study record dates

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Study Start (Actual)

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March 26, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

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March 12, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

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March 12, 2014

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January 4, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 14, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

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January 15, 2019

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January 18, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 16, 2019

Last Verified

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January 1, 2019

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  • Ei tiedossa

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

IPD Plan Description

De-identified individual participant data for all primary and secondary outcome data will be made available.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Data will be available after submitting the results to the scientific journals and five years after the publication.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Data Access requests will be reviewed By an external Independent Review Panel. Requestors will be required to sign a Data Access Agreement.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • Study Protocol
  • Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP)
  • Informed Consent Form (ICF)
  • Clinical Study Report (CSR)
  • Analytic Code

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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