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Optimal Management of Extreme Obesity and Severe Knee Osteoarthritis Feasibility Trial

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 65 YearsAllNova Scotia Health Authority
NCT05120492 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Does weight loss surgery in patients with morbid obesity prior to knee replacement surgery improve outcomes from knee replacement surgery

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: severe knee osteoarthritis body-mass index of 45 to 60 Exclusion Criteria: previous total replacement of the same knee, a need for bilateral total knee replacement, and knee pain during the previous week that the patient rated at higher than 60 mm on a 100-mm visual-analogue scale. Also,prior bariatric or complex foregut surgery, significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, gastrointestinal, psychiatric disorders, pregnancy, malignancy within last 5 years, anemia, coagulopathy requiring anti-coagulation therapy.
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What it tests

  • bariatric surgery followed by total knee replacement
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Where

1 site
Nova Scotia Health
Halifax, Canada
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