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Platelet Rich Plasma Injection for Knee Pain

NCT01747018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2012-12-11

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Summary

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used as an alternative to non-operative treatments for increasing the rate of cure in bone and soft-tissue regeneration, although there are very few clinical studies regarding the treatment of articular cartilage damage. Therefore, our study proposes non-surgical intervention for patients with articular cartilage damage and who are experiencing knee pain caused by this damage.

This study was conducted as a single medical center. It was an uncontrolled, prospective clinical trial, and the study subjects included 44 patients who were suffering from early osteoarthritis and degenerative chondropathy; they were between 18 and 65 years of age and were included in the study irregardless their sex. PRP was injected twice intraarticulary within an interval of four weeks. The pain scores and functional scores were compared two months, four months, and six months following the second injection was completed, using the VAS, the Lysholm knee scale, and the Cincinnati knee rating system.

Conditions

  • Degenerative Chondropathy
  • Early Osteoarthritis

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Platelet-rich Plasma

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Catholic University of Korea

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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