Antibiotic placed in bone to help save an infected knee implant
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Infections clinical trials.
This trial tests whether putting antibiotics directly inside the bone during surgery can improve outcomes for an infected knee prosthesis when the implant is being kept. It may help more people avoid needing full implant removal and replacement.
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Who can take part
- You’re at least 18 years old.
- Your knee prosthesis infection is “acute” (within 90 days of the original surgery) or has started within 4 weeks of symptoms, or it’s a chronic knee infection that can’t be easily removed.
- The surgery plan is irrigation and debridement—cleaning the joint and keeping the implant in place.
- The infection involves a germ (organism) that is sensitive to vancomycin—either proven by cultures/tissue tests or by infection markers listed by the study.
- You can have your wound closed after surgery and you don’t have certain health issues that make the antibiotic unsafe.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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