World Health Organization site
Skip Navigation Links

Main
Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register.
Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 7 November 2016
Main ID:  ISRCTN91883031
Date of registration: 04/04/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Pierre Fabre Research Institute [Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre] (France)
Public title: Intra-articular hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate in osteoarthritis of the knee
Scientific title: Evaluation of a medical device comprising hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate for intra-articular use in patients suffering from femorotibial osteoarthritis of the knee
Date of first enrolment: 10/03/2008
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN91883031
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Single-center open-label phase IV study (Treatment)  
Phase:  Phase IV
Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Name:    
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation: 
Name: Thierry    Appelboom
Address:  Erasme Hospital Ethics Committee University Libre of Bruxelles [Le Comite d?Ethique Hopital Erasme] 808 Route de Lennik 1070 Brussels Belgium
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female patients aged between 45 and and 80 years
2. Suffering from internal and/or external femoro tibial OA:
2.1. Meeting the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
2.2. Lasting for at least 6 months
2.3. Pain > = 40mm as measured on a visual analogue scale (VAS)
2.4. Stage Kellgren and Lawrence II or III
3. OA deemed to justify a treatment with intra articular HA according to the investigator
4. Patient?s written informed consent

Exclusion criteria: 1. Symptomatic femoro-patellar arthrosis or hip arthrosis on the same side, concomitant skeletal disease (Paget disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis)
2. Former or concomitant treatment (intra-articular corticosteroids, topical or oral NSAIDs, anti-arthritis slow acting treatment, recent surgery)
3. Individual characteristics incompatible with a drug trial (pregnancy or lack of contraception, serious concomitant disease, participation in a clinical trial within the preceding 30 days)


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Osteoarthritis of the knee
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Gonarthrosis
Intervention(s)
Three weekly intra-articular injections of HA/CS in knees affected by femoro-tibial osteoarthritis
over a 3 week period
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain (VAS) and function (Lequesne?s Algo-Functional Knee Index) over a period of 12 weeks
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Ultrasound parameters (joint effusion, synovial and popliteal cysts)
2. OA biomarkers of inflammation [IL-6], degradation [Coll2-1] and synthesis [CPII] of collagen type II, degradation of aggrecan [CS846], and markers of oxidative stress [Coll2-1NO2]
Secondary ID(s)
V00220 IA 402
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Pierre Fabre Research Institute (France)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL:
Disclaimer: Trials posted on this search portal are not endorsed by WHO, but are provided as a service to our users. In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the use of the information linked to in this section. None of the information obtained through use of the search portal should in any way be used in clinical care without consulting a physician or licensed health professional. WHO is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness and/or use made of the content displayed for any trial record.
Copyright - World Health Organization - Version 3.6 - Version history