Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

The purpose of this study is to confirm cartilage regeneration through arthroscopy after a single administration of autologous Adipose Tissue derived Mesenchymal stem cells(JOINTSTEM) in patients with degenerative arthritis of K-L grade 3

This is a study comparing the current standard of care surgical treatment to a newer surgical procedure involving the implantation of osteochondral allograft at the base of the thumb. Patients will be followed at 1, 3, 6 months and 1 year post-operatively.

The aim of the study is to determine the tolerance of apoptotic autologous cells injection in subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis.

This study seeks to compare two methods of trapeziectomy for basilar thumb arthritis. The first is trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition, which means removing the trapezium bone and filling the void with a tendon graft. This is the most commonly used procedure and the control group. The experimental group is trapeziectomy with suture tape suspension of the 1st metacarpal to the 2nd metacarpal. This is using a device called the InternalBrace, produced by Arthrex.

This study is a multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial with two parallel arms. The aim of the study is to evaluate whether Colquhounia Root Tablet combined with methotrexate (MTX) might be better than MTX alone for patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Study purpose is to compare the outcome after total wrist arthrodesis (TWA) with proximal carpal row (Proximal Row Carpectomy = PRC) as bone graft versus iliac crest cancellous bone graft. Patients with radiologically and clinically confirmed advanced osteoarthritis are randomized (1:1 computer generated sequence with random block size) to two parallel groups and will undergo either total wrist arthrodesis with PRC or TWA with iliac crest bone grafting. Baseline data is collected preoperatively and is a follow-up visits at every 6 weeks after the surgery is arranged until the wrist is fused. The primary end-point is 6 months and the primary outcome is fusion rate.

This study aims to compare ideal body weight- and total body weight-based dosage for remimazolam sedation of obese patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a autoimmune disease associated with an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) and premature death, particularly in Black patients. Traditional CAD risk factors like hypertension (HTN) are both very common and poorly controlled among Black RA patients. Disparities in RA disease activity further increase the risk of CAD in this population. Black patients face significant barriers when seeking RA care, and the investigators suspect similar challenges affect HTN care in this population. The goals of this project are to identify and address barriers to HTN care in patients with RA to reduce disparities in HTN and CAD outcomes for Black RA patients. Interviews with Black RA patients, rheumatology providers, and primary care providers in the Duke University Health System will be conducted to describe barriers to HTN care in Black RA patients. Interviews will focus on access to care, patient-provider communication, coordination of care, and the challenges of managing HTN in patients with RA. These interviews will help us to develop an intervention that will focus on improving uncontrolled HTN in Black RA patients. The investigators plan to do this by empowering Black RA patients to actively participate in their HTN care, improving patient-provider communication, and improving coordination between primary care and rheumatology providers. If successful, our intervention has the potential to reduce rates of CAD and associated death for Black RA patients.

The present study is a multi-center randomized prospective non-inferiority trial. The study's primary objective is to compare the coagulation profile upon using two different TXA administration strategies: empirical TXA administration vs. viscoelastic test-based goal-directed TXA administration in high-risk non-cardiac surgery. The secondary objectives include comparing the amount of bleeding, incidents of hyper-fibrinolysis, thromboembolic complications, and postoperative seizures. Researchers assumed that goal-directed tranexamic acid (TXA) administration using viscoelastic field tests would not be inferior to the empirical TXA administration strategy in reducing postoperative bleeding and hyper-fibrinolysis. It also would be beneficial in lowering TXA-induced thromboembolic complications and seizures.

Compare clinical and radiological outcome of use of single screw versus double screws fixation for subtalar arthrodesis