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Can a booklet boost knee surgery recovery?

NCT ID NCT01747759

Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
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Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed This study
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
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Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Approved
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First seen Aug 10, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This trial tests whether giving patients an educational booklet before total knee replacement surgery improves their knowledge and beliefs about the procedure. Adults aged 55 to 75 scheduled for knee replacement will receive the booklet or standard care. Researchers will measure knowledge, satisfaction, and recovery outcomes like hospital stay length.

What this could mean

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Active substance
An evidence-based educational booklet provided before total knee replacement surgery
What this could lead to
If effective, this simple educational tool could improve patient knowledge, satisfaction, and recovery outcomes after knee replacement surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small early-stage trial, and the booklet may not significantly change outcomes. Its benefits could be limited to certain patients or settings.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

44 people

The number who actually took part.

Start date

Nov 2010

Finished

Mar 2012

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

55 to 75 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ranging from 55 to 75 Planned total knee arthroplasty Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 55 or above 75 Patients institutionalized Patients who have received a total knee arthroplasty of the ipsilateral knee Patient not affiliated to a social security scheme (beneficiary or assignee) Patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism Cognitive and behavioral issues Disorders of understanding and expression of the French language TKR on complex knee

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

osteoarthritis, knee

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Knee osteoarthritis (knee oa)

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • CHU Clermont-Ferrand

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France

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