Comparison of Autologous Platelet-rich Plasma With Hyaluronic Acid for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint

Osteoarthritis, Knee Clinical Trial

Official title: Randomized, Double Blind, Comparison Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy and Safety of Intraarticular Injection of Autologous Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma versus hyaluronic acid intra-articular injections for the treatment of osteoarthritis of knee joint.

The hypothesis is that PRP intra-articular injection is comparable or even better than hyaluronic acid injection.

Clinical Trial Description

Osteoarthritis (OA) has a significant impact on our society. The limited regenerative capacity of cartilage is part of this problem. Existing degenerative lesions lead to accelerated deterioration of the articular (joint) surface leading to end-stage arthritis. In particular, the most recent knowledge regarding tissue biology highlights a complex regulation of growth factors (GFs) for the normal tissue structure and the reaction to tissue damage. The influence of GFs on cartilage repair is now widely investigated in vitro and in vivo. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is a simple, low- cost and minimally- invasive method that allows one to obtain a natural concentrate of autologous GFs from the blood, and it is increasingly applied in the clinical practice to treat knee degenerative pathology, such as chondropathy and early OA. The biological rational of PRP is that platelets contain storage pools of GFs, cytokines, chemokines and many other mediators.Although its widespread application, there are little high level studies in the literature to demonstrate the real efficacy of PRP.

The investigators hypothesized that intra-articular injections of PRP to treat knee osteoarthritis could determine pain relief and recovery of knee function with overall clinical outcome comparable or even better than viscosupplementation, which is a common injective approach applied in this kind of pathology. To this purpose the investigators designed a double blind randomized controlled trial comparing PRP vs viscosupplementation. ;

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Knee

• NCT number: NCT02211521
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Samsung Medical Center
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: August 2014
• Completion date: October 2015