NCT02397278

Intra Articular Injections With Platelet Rich Plasma in Patients With Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee

Intra Articular Injections With Platelet Rich Plasma in Patients With Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Does it Help? A Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study plans to learn more about ways to treat a joint problem in the knee called Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD). The goal of this study is to see if injecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into the knee can help knee cartilage heal faster, and will try to determine whether the injections lead to improvements in pain, performance of activities of daily living, improvements is sports activities and overall function and symptoms reduction. The investigators will compare PRP treatment to conservative therapy.

Conditions

• Osteochondritis Dissecans

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Platelet rich plasma (PRP)	Patient will receive 3 intra articular injections with autologous PRP in the affected knee and then follow conventional therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2020-01-08
• Completion: 2020-01-08
• First posted: 2015-03-24
• Last updated: 2021-08-05
• Results posted: 2021-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States