Long Term Follow-up of Patients With Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip Treated at University Hospitals Leuven

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

Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) of a Total Hip Replacement (THR) is a disastrous complication of an otherwise extremely successful surgical procedure. It is associated with a burdensome treatment for the patient, significant challenges for the medical team and high costs for society. As more joint replacements are being performed each year, due to an ageing population and lower thresholds for surgery, the number of PJIs is on the rise. Many of these patients will be referred to University Hospitals Leuven as the physicians have extensive experience with this particular pathology and can offer a multidisciplinary and patient-tailored treatment. Many controversies exist in the field of PJI treatment, both with regard to the surgical aspects as well as the antibiotic treatment. Setting up randomized controlled trials to answer these questions has been proven to be very difficult due to large variations in patients, implants, germs, soft and hard tissues, antibiotic resistance patterns, and so on. Also, surgery for PJIs is usually non-elective / semi-urgent and therefore time to include patients into different trials is limited. Therefore the investigators will prospectively collect data on patients with PJI treated at University Hospitals Leuven, starting 01/01/2022, in order to have knowledge of own results and inform patients about chances of success prior to treatment; perform internal audits and quality checks; answer questions in the field of PJI treatment not suitable for RCTs.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• 18 years or older

• patients diagnosed with PJI of the hip based on EBJIS 2021 criteria

Locations
Other Locations
Belgium
University Hospitals Leuven - Gasthuisberg
RECRUITING
Leuven
Contact Information
Primary
Georges Vles, MD, PhD
georges.vles@uzleuven.be
016340888
Backup
Stijn Ghijselings, MD
stijn.ghijselings@uzleuven.be
016338872
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-07-14
Estimated Completion Date: 2099-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
PJI patients
Patients (older than 18 years) with PJI of a total hip replacement treated at University Hospitals Leuven.~Diagnosis of PJI of the hip is made based on the EBJIS 2021 criteria. Patients will receive standard of care.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

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