Comparison of A Mobile-Bearing Total Knee System With A Fixed-Bearing Total Knee System In Cemented Total Knee Arthroplasty

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00589108
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: January 9, 2008
• Results First Posted: January 16, 2013
• Last Update Posted: January 16, 2013
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Robert T. Trousdale, Mayo Clinic

Study Description

Brief Summary:

Pain, weakness, instability, and progressive dysfunction are the hallmarks of arthritis of the knee. Total knee replacement may frequently be the only therapeutic intervention to provide adequate improvement in pain and function. Both fixed bearing and mobile bearing knees have a long track record of clinical success. Mobile bearing designs have theoretical advantages of decreased contact stresses on the tibial tray, decreased polyethylene wear, and improved range of motion relative to fixed bearing designs. These theoretical advantages may become especially important in the young patient who requires a knee arthroplasty. This study will attempt to see if there is a clinical difference in outcome between mobile bearing and fixed bearing knee arthroplasties in patients who require total knee replacement.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Degenerative Joint Disease	Device: Sigma Knee System; Device: Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System with a metal back tibial tray; Device: Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System all polyethylene tray	Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

This prospective, randomized, single-blinded clinical trial compared a mobile-bearing total knee system with two types of fixed-bearing total knee systems in patients undergoing cemented total knee arthroplasty. The devices to be used are FDA approved: the Sigma Knee System (mobile-bearing), the Sigma, Pressfit Condylar posterior cruciate substituting (fixed-bearing) system with a metal backed tibial tray, and the Sigma press-fit condylar posterior cruciate substituting system (fixed bearing) with an all polyethylene tibial tray.

The surgical procedures were performed by 4 experienced orthopedic surgeons with a subspecialty interest in total knee arthroplasty. A midline skin incision and medial parapatellar arthrotomy were used to expose the knee. The distal femoral resection was performed with an intramedullary alignment guide, and the proximal tibial resection was performed with an extramedullary alignment guide. Knees with fixed deformities had a surgical release of the contracted tissues on the medial or lateral side, as appropriate, to obtain symmetric balance of the total knee replacement in both flexion and extension. The flexion and extension gaps and the medial and lateral soft-tissue structures were balanced in accordance with standard techniques.

Patients began progressive weight-bearing on the first postoperative day, and active knee range of motion was initiated with 24 hours after surgery. Patients were typically discharged on the fourth or fifth postoperative day after obtaining the ability to walk with a walker, to ascend several stairs, and to flex the knee 290 degrees. Patients were asked to return for examination and radiographs at 3 months, 1 year, 2 years, and 5 years after surgery.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 240 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single (Participant)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study Comparing A Mobile-Bearing Total Knee System With A Fixed-Bearing Total Knee System In Cemented Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Study Start Date: January 2001
• Actual Primary Completion Date: May 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: May 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: Mobile-Bearing Knee; Sigma Knee System (mobile-bearing knee with the P.S. polyethylene insert)	Device: Sigma Knee System; Sigma Knee System (mobile-bearing knee with the P.S. polyethylene insert); Other Name: Sigma Rotating Platform Knee System
Active Comparator: Modular-Metal-Backed Knee; Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System with a metal back tibial tray (fixed-bearing knee with the metal backed tray)	Device: Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System with a metal back tibial tray; Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System with a metal back tibial tray (fixed-bearing knee with the metal backed tray); Other Name: Press-Fit Condylar Total Knee Arthroplasty
Active Comparator: All-Polyethylene Knee; Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System all polyethylene tray	Device: Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System all polyethylene tray; Sigma Pressfit Condylar Posterior Cruciate Substituting System (fixed bearing with an all polyethylene tray)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Maximum Knee Flexion [ Time Frame: 2 years post-surgery, 5 years post-surgery ]
   The range of knee motion was measured clinically with use of a goniometer. Measurements were performed by physician assistants in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery who were blinded to the type of implant used. The subject was positioned supine on the examination table, and maximum active flexion was measured.

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Knee Society Function Score [ Time Frame: 5 years post surgery ]
   The Knee Society Function Score considers only walking distance and stair climbing, with deductions for walking aids. The maximum function score, which is 100, is obtained by a patient who can walk an unlimited distance and go up and down stairs normally. The minimum function score is 0.
2. Knee Society Pain Score [ Time Frame: 5 years post-surgery ]
   The Knee Society Pain Score includes walking and climbing stairs. The maximum score per knee is 50 indicating no pain, and 0 indicates severe pain. Therefore the total score (for both knees) could range from 0 to 100.
3. Knee Society Stair Climbing Score [ Time Frame: two years post-surgery, five years post-surgery ]
   The stair-climbing portion of the Knee Society clinical rating system assigns a maximum score of 50 points for patients able to ascend and descend stairs in a normal fashion, 40 points for patients needing a rail to descend, 30 points for patients using a rail in both directions, 15 points for patients able to ascend but not descend at all, and 0 points for patients unable ascend or descend. Because stair ascent and descent put substantial demands on the patellofemoral joint, we used that portion of the Knee Society clinical rating system as a proxy for patellofemoral function in this study.
4. Percentage of Knees Surviving at 5 Years [ Time Frame: 5 years post-surgery ]
   Kaplan-Meier analysis of five-year implant survival rate

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing unilateral primary knee surgery for degenerative joint disease (DJD).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe deformity greater than or equal to 20 degrees varus, valgus malalignment
• Osteomyelitis, septicemia, or other active infections that may spread to other areas of the body
• The presence of infections, highly communicable diseases, e.g., AIDS, active tuberculosis, venereal disease, hepatitis
• Significant neurological or musculoskeletal disorders or disease that may adversely affect normal gait or weight bearing
• Metastatic disease
• Any congenital, developmental, or other bone disease or previous knee surgery that may, in the surgeon's judgement, interfere with total knee prosthesis survival or success, e.g., Paget's disease, Charcot's disease secondary to diabetes, severe osteoporosis, previous high tibial osteotomy, etc.
• Presence of previous prosthetic knee replacement device (any type)
• Arthrodesis of the affected knee
• Patients not requiring patella resurfacing.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

United States, Minnesota

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Sponsors and Collaborators

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Robert T Trousdale, MD; Mayo Clinic

More Information

Additional Information:

Mayo Clinic Clinical Trials 

Publications of Results:

Kalisvaart MM, Pagnano MW, Trousdale RT, Stuart MJ, Hanssen AD. Randomized clinical trial of rotating-platform and fixed-bearing total knee arthroplasty: no clinically detectable differences at five years. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Mar 21;94(6):481-9. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00315.

• Responsible Party: Robert T. Trousdale, PI, Mayo Clinic
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00589108
• Other Study ID Numbers: 271-01
• First Posted: January 9, 2008
• Results First Posted: January 16, 2013
• Last Update Posted: January 16, 2013
• Last Verified: December 2012

Keywords provided by Robert T. Trousdale, Mayo Clinic:

knee arthroplasty

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Joint Diseases; Osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Arthritis; Rheumatic Diseases