Status:

UNKNOWN

Trial to Assess the Structural Effect and Long-term Symptomatic Relief of Intra-articular Injections of Hyaluronic Acid in Primary Knee OA

Lead Sponsor:

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Collaborating Sponsors:

NOVA Medical School

Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis Of Knee

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The present study is designed to test the hypothesis that Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid (IAHA) is superior to placebo in slowing structural progression and on long term symptomatic effect in primary...

Detailed Description

The target population will be patients with the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis who are followed at two Portuguese hospitals (Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte - Hospital Santa Maria, Centro Hospital...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Symptomatic knee OA as defined by the ACR clinical and radiographic criteria
  • Kellgren-Lawrence grade of II or III on prior x-rays (taken within 6 months of the screen visit) or screen X-ray
  • A minimum medial and/or lateral JSW of the target knee of 2 mm
  • Knee pain of 40 mm or greater on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) at any time during the week before inclusion
  • Oral corticosteroids (≤10 mg/day prednisolone or equivalent), NSAIDs, and acetaminophen are permitted if the dose had been stable for at least one month prior to baseline

Exclusion

  • Body mass index greater than 40 kg/m2
  • Varus or valgus deformity of the knee \> 15 degrees (assessed by goniometry)
  • History of trauma, surgery or planned surgery to the study joint (including arthroscopy surgery), joint inflammatory diseases, septic arthritis and/or microcrystalline arthropathies
  • Coagulation/platelet disorders
  • Active malignancy, active systemic infection, or any contraindication to MRI
  • Potent analgesics including opiates, oral corticosteroid therapy within one month prior to enrolment into the study other than stable doses of ≤ 10 mg daily prednisolone or equivalent
  • Knee administration of intra-articular steroids in the previous 3 months or HA injections during the past year

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02280538

Start Date

April 1 2014

End Date

January 1 2018

Last Update

November 3 2014

Active Locations (2)

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Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental - Hospital Egas Moniz

Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

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Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte

Lisbon, Portugal