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This study will compare meniscal healing with or without platelet rich plasma. The assessments will include validated, disease specific, patient oriented outcome measures, MRI arthrogram (MRA). Results of this study will help ascertain whether PRP improves meniscal healing rates.

Null Hypothesis: There is no difference in meniscal healing with or without the use of PRP.


Clinical Trial Description

The integrity of the meniscus is pivotal to the distribution of joint reaction forces and shock absorption across the knee and meniscal damage can lead to secondary degenerative joint disease. This has lead to treatments directed towards repairing and preserving the meniscus to alter the progression of joint degeneration. Although success rates of meniscal repair are greater when performed in association with anterior cruciate reconstruction, healing rates remain in the 70-80% range for isolated repairs.

Therefore, techniques such as the use of fibrin clots, trephining and rasping of the tissues, have been incorporated to improve healing results of meniscal repair. There has been a surge of enthusiasm for the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) to improve healing rates of soft tissue injuries. Therefore, it may be reasonable to surmise that applying blood products, such as thrombin and platelet rich plasma, to the meniscal repair bed may induce more complete and possibly faster healing. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT01991353
Study type Interventional
Source Simon Fraser Orthopaedic Fund
Contact
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
Start date July 2015
Completion date January 2018

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