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Last refreshed on: 17 August 2021
Main ID:  NCT02923700
Date of registration: 30/09/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Public title: Leukocyte-rich PRP vs Leukocyte-poor PRP for the Treatment of Knee Cartilage Degeneration: a Randomized Controlled Trial PRP014
Scientific title: Leukocyte-rich PRP vs Leukocyte-poor PRP for the Treatment of Knee Cartilage Degeneration: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: September 26, 2016
Target sample size: 192
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02923700
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Elizaveta Kon, MD
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Affiliation:  I Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Name:     Alessandro Di Martino, MD
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Affiliation:  I Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Name:     Alice Roffi, BA
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Affiliation:  Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Name:     Berardo Di Matteo, MD
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Affiliation:  I Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Name:     Francesco Tentoni, MD
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Affiliation:  I Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. patients affected by mono-lateral symptomatic knee articular degenerative pathology
with history of chronic (for at least 4 months) pain or swelling;

2. imaging findings of degenerative changes of the joint (osteoarthritis or chondropathy
with Kellgren Lawrence Score from 0 to 3 at X-ray evaluation).

Exclusion Criteria:

- age > 80 years;

- Kellgren-Lawrence score at X-ray evaluation > 3;

- major axial deviation (varus >5° , valgus > 5°),

- systemic disorders such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, haematological diseases
(coagulopathy), severe cardiovascular diseases, infections, immunodepression;

- patients in therapy with anticoagulants or antiaggregants;

- use of NSAIDs in the 5 days before blood donation;

- patients with Hb values < 11 g/dl and platelet values < 150,000/mmc.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Osteoarthritis
Intervention(s)
Biological: Leukocyte-rich PRP intra-articular injections
Biological: Leukocyte-poor PRP intra-articular injections
Primary Outcome(s)
IKDC (International knee documentation committee) score trend over time [Time Frame: basal (i.e. pre-treatment), 1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
KOOS (Knee Outcome Osteoarthritis Score) trend over time [Time Frame: basal (i.e. pre-treatment), 1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after treatment]
VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) for Pain trend over time [Time Frame: basal (i.e. pre-treatment), 1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after treatment]
Tegner Score trend over time [Time Frame: basal (i.e. pre-treatment), 1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after treatment]
Adverse events report during follow-up period [Time Frame: ba1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
PRP014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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