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NCT Number: NCT01073124

Sensitivity Diagnosing Traumatic Knee Injuries With and Without Injection of Blue Dye Into the Knee Joint

The purpose of this study is to determine if adding blue dye improves the saline load test, which is a way to detect a traumatic intraarticular knee injury by injecting normal saline into the knee and looking for outflow through the wound.

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Key information

Conditions

Traumatic Knee Arthrotomy

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Naval Medical Center San Diego

San Diego, California, 92134, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Individuals with diagnosis warranting elective knee arthroscopy

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant women
  • Decreased knee range of motion (flex < 125, ext <0)
  • Active infection of knee joint
  • history of or current intraarticular knee malignancy
  • history of open traumatic injury of the knee

Treatment and study plan

Saline Load Test

Procedure

Intraarticular injection of dilute methylene blue dye (1 ml per 500 ml normal saline) or normal saline into the knee joint through a lateral suprapatellar injection site. Maximum injection of 180 ml.

Primary outcomes

  1. Volume (mm) injected at time of outflow

    Time frame: 1 month

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Fed

Registry information

Official study title

Sensitivity of the Saline Load Test With and Without Methylene Blue Dye in the Diagnosis of Traumatic Knee Arthrotomies

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Feb 23, 2010
Registry last updated
Aug 19, 2016

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