Assessment of the effectiveness of microporous tape in wound healing after total knee arthroplasty

UMIN ID: UMIN000057028

Registered date:15/02/2025

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Osteoarthritis of the knee
• Date of first enrollment: 2025/03/01
• Target sample size: 50
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Using microporous tape, which is reported to reduce the risk of hypertrophic scar formation on the surgical wound after total knee arthroplasty.
Not using microporous tape on the surgical wound after total knee arthroplasty (same as the current standard treatment).

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) 3.0
• Secondary Outcome: Wound complications, Patient-reported outcome measures (Patient satisfaction evaluated using a Likert scale, Knee Society Score-2011, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement, Forgotten Joint Score-12, EuroQol 5-Dimension)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: 80years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Diseases other than medial osteoarthritis of the knee, use of antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants, or oral steroids, patients with diabetes, dementia, a history of keloids, or tape allergy.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Tanabe Central Hospital
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: nothing