| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |  | 
| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
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| E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |  
| E.1.2 | Level | LLT |  
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10031173 |  
| E.1.2 | Term | Osteoarthropathy |  | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | 
| This study aims to verify if routine clinical use of Quixil is advantageous in terms of a reduction in the requirement for postoperative blood. |  | 
| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial | 
| Besides the social aspect (higher availability in blood banks), this saving also has to be considered from the economic point of view. |  | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria | 
| Patients aged between 40 and 70 years old, Patients with a diagnosis  of symptomatic coxarthrosis requiring a standard hip replacement,
 Candidate for a uncemented total hip replacement throught a lateral approach (Bauer)
 Haemostasis carried out through uni-polar electrocoagulation.
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
| Anticoagulation, or antiaggregant therapy of any nature that has not been suspended at least 7 days before surgical intervention; Serious deformity, that could excessively extend the intervention (grade III-IV Crowe Etc.);
 Positive anamnesis for haemoderivatives anaphylaxis;
 Positive anamnesis for platelet, coagulative or marrow disorders;
 Alteration of blood tests (PT, PTT, INR) for coagulation;
 Positive anamnesis for previous exposition to fibrin sealant in the six months preceding the intervention;
 Previous surgical intervention of any kind on the hip to be replaced;
 Preoperative treatment with erythropoietin;
 Patients suffering a serious intraoperative complication;
 Patients that are candidates to the haemodilution;
 Patients undergoing postoperative blood recovery with autotrasfusion inside 4 four from surgery;
 Patients with known intolerance to blood products;
 Patients with autoimmune immunodeficiency diseases (including known HIV).
 Patients with other emorragic events not related to the procedure.
 Female patients who are pregnant or nursing.
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| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| Quantity of transfused blood during intervention and in the following 7 days, measured in millilitres of blood |  | 
| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy | No | 
| E.6.4 | Safety | Yes | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response | No | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | Yes | 
| E.6.13 | Others | No | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other | No | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open | No | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other | No | 
| E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other | No | 
| E.8.3 | The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned | Yes | 
| E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No | 
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 1 | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT | 
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No | 
| E.8.8 | Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial |  | 
| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 0 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 5 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days |  | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 0 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 5 |