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Synovial Tissue as a Biomarker in the Early Management of Osteoarthritis

NCT07473414 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-03-16

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Summary

Osteoarthritis is a common disease whose prevalence continues to increase. To date, there is no medical treatment that has proven effective, and only symptomatic treatments exist, mainly to reduce pain.

Arthroplasty, a costly and invasive surgical procedure, is often unavoidable in advanced stages of the disease. More than just a degenerative disease of the cartilage, osteoarthritis is now recognised as a heterogeneous disease causing multi-tissue damage of varying intensity. Synovitis plays a particularly important role in the onset and progression of osteoarthritis and has been closely correlated with radiographic severity, pain and loss of joint function. The investigators have identified several synovial histological pathotypes based on the type of synovial cell infiltrate and its distribution in samples from advanced osteoarthritis (surgical waste from prosthesis implantation). The investiogators' studies show that the presence of these pathotypes appears to be related to the clinical phenotype of patients. Analysis of synovial tissue at earlier stages of the disease is now essential to advance the understanding of the role of synovitis in osteoarthritis and its link to the clinical phenotype of patients.

The objective of this protocol is to describe the different synovial histological pathotypes present in the early stages of osteoarthritis; To this end, the investigators will establish a cohort of osteoarthritis patients with a collection of synovial tissue samples obtained by ultrasound-guided needle biopsy in an outpatient setting, a well-tolerated procedure with simple follow-up, as well as blood sampling.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

synovial biopsies

The procedure for performing ultrasound-guided synovial biopsies is as follows: * This is performed under local anaesthetic, in the consultation room, under strict aseptic conditions in five stages. * After tracing anaesthesia up to the capsule, 2 to 3 mL of lidocaine are injected intra-articularly. * A 13G coaxial needle is then positioned in the joint cavity, allowing multiple biopsies to be performed without causing tissue damage along the needle path. * Samples are taken using a 14G semi-automatic Tru-Cut with a notch allowing the collection of 1 mm x 2 cm synovial samples. The aim is to perform histological, immunohistochemical, cell culture and high-throughput analyses. Ideally, 6 to 12 additional biopsies will be performed for research purposes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nantes University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-01
Primary Completion
2027-04-16
Completion
2028-04-16

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