# Percutaneous Punch Biopsy for Diagnosis of Septic and Aseptic Prosthetic Joint Failure

> **NCT04620395** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH** · enrollment: 132 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Wear of Articular Bearing Surface of Internal Prosthetic Joint
- Infection Prosthetic
- Infections Joint Prosthetic
- Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Prosthetic Pain

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Punch biopsy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04620395
- **Lead sponsor:** Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-08-20
- **Primary completion:** 2022-01-31
- **Final completion:** 2022-06-30
- **Target enrollment:** 132 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04620395

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04620395, "Percutaneous Punch Biopsy for Diagnosis of Septic and Aseptic Prosthetic Joint Failure". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04620395. Licensed CC0.

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