Status:

WITHDRAWN

Study of Viscosupplementation for the Treatment of Knee Pain After Menisectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Grant Jones

Collaborating Sponsors:

Genzyme, a Sanofi Company

Conditions:

Arthralgia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators' objective is to analyze a group of patients who have had a partial meniscectomy but continue to have knee pain after surgery with a double-blind, randomized prospective study compar...

Detailed Description

A great majority of patients who have a partial menisectomy for mechanical symptoms do well with full return of function without pain. There is a sub-group of patients who are found to have Grade II- ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18-60
  • S/P partial medial and/or lateral partial meniscectomy
  • Pre-operative MRI diagnosed meniscal tear
  • Diffuse, non-focal arthroscopically diagnosed ICRS Grade II or III chondromalacia. (used to determine the presence of tibiofemoral osteoarthritis)
  • Baseline VAS pain score between 50 and 80mm.
  • Persistent, generalized knee pain without mechanical symptoms
  • Kellgren/Lawrence (K/L) grade II or III (used to determine the presence of tibiofemoral osteoarthritis)

Exclusion

  • Bilateral arthroscopy (within 6 months pre- and post- initial VAS score.
  • Complete meniscectomy
  • Microfracture (via drilling, picking, abrading, thermal or radiofrequency or any procedure that violates the subchondral plate)
  • Focal chondral lesion visualized on arthroscopy or any focal cartilage procedure (e.g. ACI, OATS, mosaicplasty, etc)
  • Concomitant ligamentous injury or repair
  • K/L stage I or IV
  • Significant Varus or Valgus clinical malalignment
  • S/P tibial osteotomy in target knee
  • Isolated patello-femoral OA or isolated anterior knee pain
  • Prosthetic implant in either knee
  • Re-injury in time between original surgery and baseline visit
  • Inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, gout, pseudogout (chondrocalcinosis), lupus, etc)
  • Obesity with BMI \> 35 (at time of initial VAS score
  • NSAIDs or opiates within one week of baseline randomization or during trial period
  • Known allergy to viscosupplements, known allergy to avian, egg or feather products
  • Prior Viscosupplementation use in ipsilateral knee
  • Oral steroids (within 4 weeks of initial VAS score)
  • IA steroids in target knee within 6 months
  • Significant medical co-morbidities ( e.g. malignancy, hepatic, renal, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal disease) in the judgment of the investigator
  • Known hip disease
  • Pregnant or nursing (at time of injection, pregnancy test at visit)
  • Active infection of either lower extremity or past history of septic arthritis
  • Venous or lymphatic stasis in either lower extremity
  • Enrolled in clinical trial within 3 months of baseline
  • Contralateral knee arthritis

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00971074

Start Date

December 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

February 25 2021

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The Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43221