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Stitch showdown: which suture heals best after joint replacement?

NCT ID NCT07439575

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Bahattin Kemah Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study compares two ways of closing the wound after hip or knee replacement surgery: barbed sutures (a newer type) versus conventional sutures. About 90 adults having hip or knee replacement will be randomly assigned to one method. Researchers will track wound healing, complications like infection, and how well patients recover function over 90 days. The goal is to find which closure technique is safest and most effective.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If one method proves better, it could lead to faster healing and fewer wound problems after joint replacement surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study (90 people) comparing two common techniques, so results may not apply to all patients or change practice immediately.

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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

About 90 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2025

Expected to finish

Aug 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a government body.

Who can take part

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

Ages

30 years and older

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 ≥ 30 years * Patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty * Patients undergoing aseptic revision total hip or knee arthroplasty * Surgery performed by the same surgical team * Ability to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 30 years * Patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy * Patients with complicated diabetes mellitus * Chronic venous insufficiency * Peripheral arterial disease * Arthroplasty performed due to malignancy * Active or previous surgical site infection

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

osteoarthritis susceptibility 5 osteoarthritis susceptibility 6 osteoarthritis, hip osteoarthritis, knee Surgical Wound Infection

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Osteoarthritis, hip Osteoarthritis, knee Osteoarthritis, knee and hip

How to take part

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Umraniye Training and Research Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Istanbul, Istanbul, 34764, Turkey (Türkiye)

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