Status:

UNKNOWN

Hyaluronan Versus NaCl 20 Ml Versus Placebo in Knee Osteoarthritis

Lead Sponsor:

Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

251 consecutive patients with knee arthrosis were randomized to one of three interventions: Four weekly injections of 2 ml isotonic saline (placebo), 2 ml sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronan) or 20 ml isot...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients, men/women age \> 60 years with clinical,
  • Radiological and possible arthroscopical verified knee osteoarthritis.
  • Knee pain on the day of examination scoring more than 20 mm on a visual analogue scale (VAS) at baseline.

Exclusion

  • Age below 60
  • Unconsciousness
  • Psychosis
  • Demens
  • Ingestion of drugs that may influence the results of the clinical examinations
  • Inflammatory diseases of the joints
  • Rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory arthritis as diagnosed by American College of Rheumatology criteria
  • Contraindication to hyalgan treatment
  • Previous intraarticular fracture of a knee joint
  • Infection or skin disease located at the place of injection and invasive procedures done to the knee joint within previous two months inclusive intra-articular injections of steroids.
  • Any other condition that might interfere with the efficacy assessment or completion of the trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 1999

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

November 1 2001

Estimated Enrollment :

251 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00144820

Start Date

May 1 1999

End Date

November 1 2001

Last Update

September 5 2005

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Copenhagen Trial Unit, H:S Rigshospitalet. dept. 7102

Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, 2100