The PRINTAR Study – Prosthetic Infection in Total Ankle Replacement

 

What is the PRINTAR Study?

The optimal treatment for infected total ankle replacement has yet to be established. 

PRINTAR is a multicentre retrospective service evaluation of:

• sampling practice in total ankle replacement prosthetic joint infection and
• the organisms, sensitivity and resistance patterns of organisms seen in current total ankle replacement revision practice

 

What are the study objectives?

The study objectives are:

1. To determine the most common pathogens in total ankle replacement prosthetic joint infections
2. To determine sensitivity and resistance profiles of these pathogens
3. To assess current sampling methodology during the revision surgery
4. To assess variance in the management of PJI
5. To assess clinical outcome recorded at 12 months

 

How to register your site?

Open the PRINTAR Google drive via this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LCN9HqcXx_a4ZTjlhaZlKA2tQWYr_BWD/view?usp=drive_link

Download these two documents:

• Information sharing agreement
• Redcap user registration form

Complete and return the documents to pod.southtees@nhs.net
You will receive a login for Redcap and can then enter information for eligible patients

 

Authorship:

Each site can nominate one PI and one data collector. Every site with at least one eligible patient (confirmed infection) and a complete data Redcap submission will be eligible for collaborative authorship in future publications of study results. 

Any sites who review their patient records and do not have any infections will be acknowledged for their involvement in the study but will not be eligible for authorship.

 

Need more information?

The full study protocol and Redcap data sheet can be found as PDFs in the Google drive (link above)

Any questions in relation to this study can be emailed to the study lead: Julia.mcgovern1@nhs.net

 

Join our Study Collaborators Whatsapp group via the QR code below: