# Comparison of Knotless Barbed Suture and Standard Suture in Knee Replacement Patients

> **NCT03031314** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Washington Hospital Healthcare System** · enrollment: 1000 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Hip Osteoarthritis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** barbed suture
- **DEVICE:** standard suture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03031314
- **Lead sponsor:** Washington Hospital Healthcare System
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-10
- **Primary completion:** 2016-12
- **Final completion:** 2017-01-01
- **Target enrollment:** 1000 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03031314

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03031314, "Comparison of Knotless Barbed Suture and Standard Suture in Knee Replacement Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03031314. Licensed CC0.

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