A Prospective Radiostereometric Analysis and Clinical Evaluation of the Zimmer® Continuum® Acetabular Cup With Vitamin E Stabilized Polyethylene
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01754155 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified August 2017 by Central DuPage Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : December 21, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 24, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Radiostereometric Analysis Vitamin E Liner Zimmer® Continuum® Acetabular Cup | Radiation: RSA images | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 55 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Prospective Radiostereometric Analysis and Clinical Evaluation of the Zimmer® Continuum® Acetabular Cup With Vitamin E Stabilized Polyethylene |
Study Start Date : | January 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2017 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Vitamin E Polyethylene and RSA
All subjects will have the Vitamin E polyethylene and RSA beads placed during surgery. Subjects will then have standard x-ray images and RSA images taken at specific time points up until 2 years post-operatively.
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Radiation: RSA images
All subjects will have the Vitamin E polyethylene and RSA beads placed during surgery. Subjects will then have standard x-ray images and RSA images taken at specific time points up until 2 years post-operatively. |
- Assessing the Continuum® Cup for adequate fixation to the underlying bone as measured by migration and tilt [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Assessing the migration pattern of the Continuum® Cup [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Determining a correlation between radiolucent lines (RLLs) measured by Charnley-DeLee Zone Analyses and migration characteristics using RSA [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Determine if inducible displacement is indicative of adequate fixation [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Assess the health status and functional outcome of patients with the Continuum® Cup [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Assess the wear rate of the Vitamin E polyethylene with a ceramic femoral head [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Determine if the wear rate of the Vitamin E liner is the same in-vivo as it is in simulation testing [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Symptomatic osteoarthritis of the hip indicating surgical intervention
- Scheduled to undergo an uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA)
- Patients between the ages of 18 and 65, inclusive
- Ability to give informed consent
- Patients will be available for follow-up for a minimum of 2 years after surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients less than 18 years of age, or older than 65 years of age.
- Post-traumatic arthritis in the affected hip
- Rheumatoid arthritis in the affected hip
- Hip dysplasia in the affected hip
- Prior arthroplasty of the affected hip
- Active or prior infection of the affected hip
- Morbid obesity (BMI > 35)
- Medical condition precluding major surgery
- Severe osteoporosis or osteopenia
- Neuromuscular impairment
- Patients with known allergy to metals
- Pregnancy
- Patients with compromised kidney function
- Patient is immuno-suppressed
- Patients that require a femoral head less than 32 mm or greater than 40mm.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01754155
Contact: Stefanie Miller | 630-933-6254 | Stefanie.Miller@CadenceHealth.org | |
Contact: Judy Guerreiro | 630-933-2941 | Judy.Guerreiro@CadenceHealth.org |
United States, Illinois | |
Central DuPage Hospital | Recruiting |
Winfield, Illinois, United States, 60190 | |
Contact: Miller 630-933-6254 | |
Principal Investigator: Scott Sporer, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Scott Sporer, MD | Central DuPage Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Central DuPage Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01754155 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CW55584 |
First Posted: | December 21, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 24, 2017 |
Last Verified: | August 2017 |
Vitamin E Zimmer RSA Radiostereometric Analysis |