Sensitivity Diagnosing Traumatic Knee Injuries With and Without Injection of Blue Dye Into the Knee Joint

August 17, 2016 updated by: United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Sensitivity of the Saline Load Test With and Without Methylene Blue Dye in the Diagnosis of Traumatic Knee Arthrotomies

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 Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92134
        • Naval Medical Center San Diego

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 61 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Normal Saline
Normal Saline injected intraarticularly into the knee joint
Procedure: Saline Load Test
Intraarticular injection of dilute methylene blue dye (1 ml per 500 ml normal saline) or normal saline into the knee joint through a lateral suprapatellar injection site. Maximum injection of 180 ml.
Experimental: Dilute Methylene Blue Dye
1 ml methylene blue dye per 500 ml normal saline injected intraarticularly into the knee
Procedure: Saline Load Test
Intraarticular injection of dilute methylene blue dye (1 ml per 500 ml normal saline) or normal saline into the knee joint through a lateral suprapatellar injection site. Maximum injection of 180 ml.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Volume (mm) injected at time of outflow
Time Frame: 1 month
1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Paul D Metzger, MD, United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 22, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 22, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

February 23, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 19, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 17, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NMCSD.2008.0006

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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