NCT04852380

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections For Knee Osteoarthritis

Clinical Results Of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections For Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA), Our Experience At Midterm Follow Up

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 153 (actual)
• Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 81 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

It was conducted a prospective study with a series of 153 patients treated with PRP injections in patient affected by knee osteoarthritis. One independent observer performed clinical and functional evaluations at T0 (recruitment), T1 (one month after the injection), T2 (three months after the last injection) and T3 (six months after the last injection). The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), the Knee Score Society (KSS) score and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were evaluated and recorded for each patient at each follow up.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	PRP injections	The 5 mL PRP concentrate was injected every week for three times, starting from recruitment. The patient was placed supine whit a knee flexion of 90°.All the procedures were carried out in an aseptic condition, injected in the knee soft spot through an anterior approach, using a 21-gauge needle.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-01-01
• Completion: 2021-04-01
• First posted: 2021-04-21
• Last updated: 2021-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy