NCT04472091

Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE) for Osteoarthritic Knee Pain

Genicular Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritic Knee Pain

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Andrew Picel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the safety of the geniculate artery embolization (GAE) procedure with HydroPearl® Microspheres in 30 patients with knee pain caused by osteoarthritis with 24 months follow-up. The GAE procedure is an arterial embolization procedure that blocks abnormal blood vessels caused be knee arthritis in order to evaluate the effect on knee pain.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Knee Pain Chronic
• Knee Pain Swelling
• Knee Arthritis
• Arterial Occlusion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Genicular artery embolization (GAE)	Participants will undergo GAE with HydroPearl® Microspheres (polyethylene glycol microspheres, Terumo Medical, Somerset NJ).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-15
• Primary completion: 2026-11-01
• Completion: 2026-11-01
• First posted: 2020-07-15
• Last updated: 2025-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study