Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:36 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:36 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03704766
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria- Septic Cases and Inflamed, Non-Septic Comparators:
* Synovial fluid is obtained to assess for infection or inflammatory/rheumatologic disease (all medium and large joints will be included: hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, subtalar, elbow, and wrist joints)
* Patients with recent antibiotic exposure are eligible to participate but will be analyzed separately
Inclusion Criteria- Normative Controls:
* Patients undergoing a procedure unrelated to infection (the procedure may be arthroscopy, or an open or percutaneous bony or soft tissue procedure)
Exclusion Criteria- All Participants:
* Family declines to participate/consent
* Patients with a major joint trauma (such as a documented ligament tear or fracture) within the past 8 weeks are not eligible to have that joint aspirated, but could have another joint aspirated
Exclusion Criteria- Normative Controls:
* A history of recent infection (within the past 3 months)
* Received antibiotics in the past 7 days
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Maximum Age:
17 Years
Study:
NCT03704766
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03704766