Clinical trials

Mayo Clinic offers a variety of clinical trials that are open for participants to volunteer for research exploring total joint replacement, which is also called arthroplasty.

Part of Mayo Clinic's commitment to its patients involves conducting medical research that can help people live longer, healthier lives. Clinical trials are research studies that involve volunteer participants. These studies help physician-scientists better understand, diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases and conditions.

Mayo Clinic's clinical trials related to total joint replacement include studies on replacement of the elbow, hip, knee or shoulder; joint replacement revisions; infection prevention; pain management after surgery; and many more.

Mayo Clinic also has thousands of other active clinical trials and research studies, and it coordinates national and international clinical trials with other medical institutions from around the world.

• Find open clinical trials relating to joint replacement.
• Explore all clinical trials at Mayo Clinic. You can browse trials categorized by disease or condition or by procedure, or you can use specific search terms and filter results by location, study status, gender, study phase and other criteria.
• Learn about volunteering in a clinical trial.