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A Global Clinical Study Investigating the Safety and Effectiveness of Smith and Nephew's Porous Knee System in Patients Who Need a Total Knee Replacement Due to Degenerative Arthritis, Post-traumatic Arthritis or Inflammatory Arthritis

A Multi-Centre Study in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement With Smith+Nephew Porous Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) System

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

A clinical trial investigating the safety and effectiveness of Smith and Nephew's FDA-approved Porous Total Knee System, which is used to replace worn away and diseased knee joints. The aim of this study is to show that most patients who receive the Porous Total Knee System have reduced pain, greater mobility and a long-lasting implant post-surgery.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
299 (actual)
First submitted
4 Jan 2022
Start date
21 Dec 2021
Primary completion date
11 Jun 2026
Lead sponsor
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
NCT number
NCT05197036

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 299
  • From 21 Dec 2021 to the primary completion date, 11 Jun 2026
  • 18 sites in 5 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Subject received TKA on the contralateral knee as a revision for a previously failed total or unicondylar knee arthroplasty.
  • Subject has a Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 40 at time of surgery.
  • Subject is entered in another drug, biologic, or device study or has been treated with an investigational product in the past 30 days.
  • Subjects who have participated previously in this clinical trial and who have been withdrawn.

Other illness

  • Subject has a condition that may interfere with the TKA survival or outcome (e.g. Paget's or Charcot's disease, vascular insufficiency, lupus, muscular atrophy, uncontrolled diabetes, moderate to severe renal insufficiency or neuromuscular disease).
  • Subject has a known allergy to one or more of its components of the study device.
  • Subject, in the opinion of the Investigator, has an emotional or neurological condition that would pre-empt their ability or willingness to participate in the study including mental illness, drug or alcohol abuse.
  • Subject is known to be at risk for lost to follow-up, or failure to return for scheduled visits.

Other

  • Subject has ipsilateral hip arthritis resulting in flexion contracture.
  • At the time of enrolment, subject has one or more of the following arthroplasties that are not fully healed and well-functioning, as determined by the investigator: Ipsilateral or contralateral primary total hip arthroplasty or hip resurfacing arthroplasty; Contralateral primary total knee or unicondylar knee arthroplasty.
  • Any subject with hardware present in distal femur or proximal tibia.
  • Any subject that meets the definition of a Vulnerable Subject per ISO 14155 Section 3.55.
  • Women who are pregnant, nursing, or of child-bearing potential who are not utilizing highly effective birth control measures.

Who the study is looking for

  • A) Subject needing primary TKA due to degenerative joint disease (primary diagnosis of osteoarthritis), post-traumatic arthritis or inflammatory arthritis.
    • OR
    • Subject has undergone primary TKA with Smith+Nephew Porous knee system in past 12 months to repair degenerative joint disease, post- traumatic arthritis or inflammatory arthritis and all the following conditions have been met:
    • Preoperative KOOS JR and radiographs have been obtained
    • 6-Month KOOS JR and radiographs have been obtained or these can be collected prospectively in window per schedule of events
  • Subject agrees to consent and to follow the prospective study visit schedule (as defined in the study protocol and informed consent form) by signing the Independent Review Board (IRB)/Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) approved informed consent form.
  • Subject is willing to attend study follow-up visits for up to five (5) years post-surgery.
  • Subject is able to read, understand, and communicate responses to Patient Reported Outcome assessments.
  • Subject is 18-80 years old (inclusive).

Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (18)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
St George and Sutherland Centre for Clinical Orthopaedic Research
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SydneyAustraliaUnknown status
The Avenue Hospital
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WindsorAustraliaUnknown status
Concordia Joint Replacement Group
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WinnipegCanadaUnknown status
Medical Center Leeuwarden
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LeeuwardenNetherlandsUnknown status
Sint Maartenskliniek
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UbbergenNetherlandsUnknown status
Umeå University Hospital
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UmeåSwedenUnknown status
Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Medical University of South Carolina
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CharlestonUnited StatesUnknown status
Erlanger Health
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ChattanoogaUnited StatesUnknown status
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists
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East SyracuseUnited StatesUnknown status
UTHealth
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Wisconsin
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MadisonUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke Health
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MorrisvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Langone Health Orthopedic Hospital
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Columbia University
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
The Core Institute
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NoviUnited StatesUnknown status
Oregon Health Science University
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PortlandUnited StatesUnknown status

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