Efficacy of Therapy With PRP Injections Versus HA in Patients With Advanced Grade of GONArthrosis
NCT ID: NCT07016672
Last Updated: 2025-11-20
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
150 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-09-18
2027-10-31
Brief Summary
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When knee osteoarthritis becomes symptomatic, it leads to pain associated with stiffness and functional discomfort, impacting on patients' quality of life. Patients become sedentary and isolated, which has cardiovascular and psychological consequences, with a proven excess mortality rate.
To date, there are no curative treatments for gonarthrosis. Available treatments are generally aimed at relieving pain, improving joint function and slowing disease progression. Therapeutic approaches most often combine non-pharmacological treatments such as dietary measures, regular physical activity and therapeutic education, with pharmacological treatments: paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, intra-articular injections of corticosteroids, hyaluronic acid (HA), Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)... If these are ineffective, particularly in advanced stages (grades III-IV), then surgery for prosthesis is necessary. However, surgery is not an option for all patients, particularly those with co-morbidities, the elderly or those who refuse it.
The osteoarthritis section of the French rheumatology society has drawn up recommendations, with a view to positioning these treatments, standardizing practices and improving the management of gonarthrosis patients in France. These point out that further studies are needed to validate the efficacy of certain treatments, notably intra-articular PRP injections, which are nevertheless widely used in current practice and defended by a consensus of French experts published in 2021. Indeed, the results of several therapeutic trials and meta-analyses already published show that its efficacy is often superior to that of HA, particularly in terms of symptom improvement and over a longer duration. In order to make the case for their use to learned societies, literature data must be enriched, particularly with regard to advanced stages of gonarthrosis, i.e. stages III-IV, which are the most painful. The aim is to propose an effective treatment to relieve the symptoms of patients for whom surgery is not an option.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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HA Injections
Group 1: HA injections (3 injections at 7-day intervals)
intra-articular injection of HA
3 injections at 7-day intervals
PRP Injections
Group 2: PRP injections (3 injections at 15-day intervals)
intra-articular injection of PRP
3 injections at 15-day intervals
Interventions
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intra-articular injection of HA
3 injections at 7-day intervals
intra-articular injection of PRP
3 injections at 15-day intervals
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Advanced grade unilateral gonarthrosis ;
3. Pain ≥ 3/10 on the visual analogue scale (VAS);
4. Patient with a BMI \< 35
5. Patient capable of giving consent prior to participation in the study;
6. Affiliated or entitled under a social security scheme.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Local injection of hyaluronic acid in the 2 months prior to inclusion;
3. Local injection of PRP within 2 years prior to inclusion;
4. Local injection of corticosteroids within 5 months prior to inclusion;
5. Current anticoagulant treatment that cannot be stopped for the duration of the study;
6. Patient diagnosed with any type of cancer in the last 3 years;
7. Pregnant women, women in labour or breast-feeding women;
8. Patients under judicial protection (guardianship, curatorship, etc.) or safeguard of justice;
9. Any other reason which, in the opinion of the investigator, could interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives.
1\. Unilateral grade III or IV gonarthrosis not confirmed on MRI.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Fondation Apicil
OTHER
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Jean-Jacques Raymond, MD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon La Seyne sur Mer
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon- La Seyne sur Mer - Hôpital Sainte Musse
Toulon, Var, France
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Jean-Jacques Raymond, MD
Role: primary
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Related Info
Moustafa Naja. Stratégies de prise en charge de l'arthrose de genou : innovation et évaluation médico-économique. Médecine humaine et pathologie. Université de Strasbourg, 2022. Français. ⟨NNT : 2022STRAJ031⟩. ⟨tel-04008823⟩
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Clark, Gregory P. DMSc, MPAS, PA-C. Treatment options for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in adults. JAAPA 36(11):p 1-6, November 2023.
Other Identifiers
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2024-A00370-47
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2024-CHITS-001
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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