View clinical trials related to Knee Osteoarthritis.
Filter by:The clinical efficacy of hyaluronic acid or corticosteroid injections has been reported, but effects are short lived. This has led to the development of additional injection options such as autologous derived blood products which have been documented to alleviate symptoms related to knee osteoarthritis, with recent comparative studies suggesting a greater, long-lasting effect with these blood derived products like platelet rich plasma (PRP) [2-8]. One clinically-developed preparation of platelet rich plasma, named autologous conditioned plasma (ACP), has randomized controlled trial data proving efficacy [4,9]. Clinical use of platelet rich plasma for knee arthritis typically involves a 3-injection series over 3 weeks, i.e. an injection once a week for three weeks. The main objective of this study is to determine if hyaluronic acid (HA) injected at the same time as autologous conditioned plasma (ACP), a leukocyte-poor platelet rich plasma product, will improve the performance of ACP in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. It is hypothesized that the injection of hyaluronic acid will improve the efficacy of ACP.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Biofreeze® versus a placebo on walking gait characteristics and pain during walking in individuals with bilateral knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Rationale: Despite a large and growing disease burden in osteoarthritis (OA), many pharmaceutical companies have abandoned OA drug development. This is mainly due to the lack of appropriate outcome measures that can robustly identify patients that can benefit from a specific therapy. Different phenotypes of OA may benefit from different types of treatment. Therefore, novel markers to identify selected phenotypes of osteoarthritis may encourage drug development. Objective: To prospectively describe in detail pre-identified progressing phenotypes of patients with knee OA by use of conventional and novel clinical, imaging, and biochemical (bio)markers, and to validate and refine a predictive model for these (and new) progressing phenotypes based on these markers. Study design: APPROACH is an exploratory, European, five-centre, 2-year prospective follow-up, cohort study, with extensive measurements. In this study patients are treated according to regular care by their own physician with no study related treatment prescribed. Study related diagnostic and/or monitoring procedures are applied to the patients. Study population: Patients with tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis, according to the clinical ACR classification criteria, pre-identified based on demographic (e.g. age), clinical (e.g. Pain NRS) and tissue structure (e.g. radiographic joint space width) parameters. Main study parameters/endpoints: Joint tissue structure based on radiographs, MRI, and biochemical (bio)markers as well as symptoms (pain, function) and quality of life by questionnaires. Secondary parameters: A multitude of (novel and conventional) clinical, imaging, and biochemical parameters related to osteoarthritis. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: The participants will not have any direct benefit from their participation in this study other than that their OA is maximally diagnosed and followed in detail for up to 2 years (screening, baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months).
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the commonest chronic degenerative conditions affecting our aging population. It limits joint movement and causing disability in elderlies due to discordant symptoms such as pain and stiffness. The prevalence of radiologic knee osteoarthritis increases in proportion to age, reaching an astounding 64.1% for patients whom are over 60 years of age. In addition the prevalence of symptomatic knee OA has been shown to be around 10% in people who are 60 years and older.
Osteoarthritis (OA) represents a significant cause of disability worldwide and the knee is the most commonly affected joint. Oxytocin (OT) is a mediator of endogenous analgesia in animal and human studies. This proposal will test the efficacy and safety of self-administered intranasal OT over 4-weeks in older individuals relative to placebo (P) evaluating its effects on pain and function in aging and testing potential underlying neurobiological mechanisms.
Although the importance of regular physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis is known, and fear of movement is considered as one of the causes of physical inactivity and is widely researched in terms of its role in the pathogenesis of pain, there remains to be limited number of studies on kinesiophobia in these patients. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the levels of kinesiophobia and physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis and to investigate whether they were associated with demographic characteristics, body mass index, pain intensity, depression, disability, radiological grade, and quality of life.
Compare knee flexion after cruciate-retaining and cruciate substituting Total Knee Arthroplasty.
This phase I/II study will enroll 100 subjects with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the hip/knee/glenohumeral joints will be enrolled according to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects will receive a single dose of at least 10 million of autologous Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (ADMCS) every three months for 12 months (maximum four doses in total and at least 40 million of ADMCS in total) via ultrasound guided intra-articular injection.
This phase I/II study will enroll 100 subjects with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the hip/knee/ glenohumeral joint will be enrolled according to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects will receive every three months a single dose of at least 10 million of Wharton Jelly derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (WJMSC) form the Polish Stem Cell Bank for 12 months (maximum four doses in total and at least 40 million of WJMSC in total) via ultrasound guided intra-articular injection.
Knee osteoarthritis is a progressive degenerative process that affects joint cartilage and the subchondral bone. Approximately 10% to 30% of all osteoarthritis patients suffer from disabling symptoms such as pain, stiffness and loss of function leading to psychological and sleeping disorders and a diminished quality of life. When conservative treatment fails to treat the symptoms, a total knee arthroplasty can be performed. However, this procedure is not suitable for all patients. For these specific groups of patients a radiofrequent treatment of the genicular nerves might be an alternative treatment option. Multiple researchers investigated the effect of conventional and later also, cooled radiofrequent treatment of the genicular nerves, with promising results for both techniques. However, the techniques have never been compared in a randomised controlled trial. This study is designed to assess the feasibility of conducting a large RCT comparing pain relief and costs after a conventional radiofrequency treatment of the genicular nerves (superomedial, superolateral and inferomedial) versus a cooled radiofrequency treatment.