NCT05043493

Effect of PRP as Therapy for Shoulder Osteoarthritis

Effect of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for Shoulder Osteoarthritis :Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 91 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patients with shoulder osteoarthritis are suffering from pain and disabilities which lead to difficulties in life. The presence of platelet-rich plasma as regenerative therapy which helps in healing of damaged tissues like ligaments and joint might be of great benefit in managing such conditions.

Detailed description

Primary and secondary osteoarthritis of the shoulder occurs due to destruction of the articular surface of the humeral head and glenoid , Patient mainly presented with pain and decreases in the range of motion . Treatment of shoulder osteoarthritis is often controversial and is typically based on the patient's age, the severity of symptoms, and level of activity, radiographic findings, and medical comorbidities. The new era of management include regenerative therapy ,Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is one of the regenerative therapy that prove its effect as injections of a concentration of a patient's own platelets to accelerate the healing of injured tendons, ligaments, muscles and joints.

Conditions

• Shoulder Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Injection in the intraarticular space of glenohumeral joint	U/S guided injection of platelet rich plasma (PRP) or normal saline (NS)

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-30
• Completion: 2021-08-03
• First posted: 2021-09-14
• Last updated: 2021-09-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt