QIST Collaborative - Arthroplasty Research Cohort (ARC) Study - a Collaborative, Longitudinal Observational Cohort Study of Patients Undergoing Primary Hip and Knee Replacements in the United Kingdom

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

The ARC Study is a national observational cohort study to investigate patient reported and clinical outcomes after hip and knee replacements. The study has the following objectives: 1. To evaluate outcomes following hip and knee replacements. 2. To determine risk factors for adverse outcomes in primary hip and knee replacements. 3. To identify targets for future research and intervention in patients undergoing primary hip and knee replacements 4. To provide a resource from which to identify potential participants for future clinical trials, and to use data collected in the ARC Study as comparison or control data for trial participants who have been randomised to receive one or more interventions. Participants are recruited and consented online. Patients are invited to participate by collaborating surgical teams nationally in outpatient clinics at the time of being added to a waiting list, in addition to an advertising campaign to recruit patients. They are directed to an online portal where they will be able to review further information. Consent and data collection is completed electronically through patients entering data online. Baseline demographics and characteristics are recorded, including details of socio-demographics, lifestyle, health status and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs). Patients then undergo hip/knee replacement and postoperative rehabilitation according to the standard care and protocols of the hospital and the preferences of their treating surgeon. Follow-up data, including PROMs, is collected via online questionnaires up to two years following surgery. The study will ultimately also enable multiple trials to be embedded within the cohort study, using a 'Trials within Cohorts' (TwiCs) methodology.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Participants must meet all of the inclusion criteria:

• UK Resident

• Able to read and understand documentation and questionnaires in English language

• Undergoing elective primary hip or knee arthroplasty (THR, TKR or UKR)

• Age 18 years or over

• Provides the necessary consents relating to data collection and use of study data, data linkage, future research and invitation to involvement in future trials

Locations
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United Kingdom
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITING
Ashington
Contact Information
Primary
William Fishley
arcstudy@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
01912934087
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-07-13
Estimated Completion Date: 2031-05
Participants
Target number of participants: 5000
Treatments
ARC Study Cohort
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of York
Leads: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov