NCT01033994

A Multicenter Study of rhFGF 18 in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis Not Requiring Surgery

A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Single and Multiple Ascending Dose Study of AS902330 (rhFGF-18) Administered Intra-articularly in Patients With Primary Osteoarthritis of the Knee Who Are Not Expected to Require Knee Surgery Within One Year

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 192 (actual)
• Sponsor: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common diseases affecting the joints, usually those that are weight bearing such as the knees. OA is considered to be a disease of the cartilage in the joints even though it involves the whole joint, including the bone and synovium (thin lining of the joints which produces synovial fluid). With time, more and more of the cartilage is destroyed by the disease with inflammation commonly occurring. AS902330 is expected to increase the production and development of specific bone cells: chondrocytes and osteoblasts (cells that produce and maintain bone and cartilage). This is expected to lead to repair and generation of the cartilage, and a narrowing of the space width between the knee joints in a selected region of the knee cartilage. The purpose of this study is to see how safe treatment with AS902330 is, and to evaluate its effect on the knee cartilage. In addition, the study will also measure the effects of AS902330 in the blood, which reflect disease activity.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BIOLOGICAL	AS902330	10, 30 or 100 µg intra-articular injection per subject in the Single Ascending Dose (SAD) cohorts and 10, 30 or 100 µg intra-articular injection per week for three weeks per subject in the Multiple Ascending Dose (MAD) cohorts.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2009-12-17
• Last updated: 2014-06-25

Locations

28 sites across 9 countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden