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CompletedPhase 4

Ultrasound-guided Injection of Glucocorticoid Into Infrapatellar Fat Pad in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Key facts

Phase
Phase 4

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Trial details

Who runs it
Zhujiang Hospital
Trial code
NCT05291650
Record updated
5 December 2024
Original description
This aims of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of the glucocorticoid injection into the infrapatellar fat pad among knee osteoarthritis patients with an inflammatory phenotype.Read full original descriptionShow less

Ultrasound-guided Injection of Glucocorticoid Into Infrapatellar Fat Pad Versus Placebo Injection in Knee Osteoarthritis: a 12-week Double-blinded Controlled Trial

This aims of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of the glucocorticoid injection into the infrapatellar fat pad among knee osteoarthritis patients with an inflammatory phenotype.

Inclusion: Diagnosed with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) according to American College of Rheumatology criteria; Age > 45 years; Have knee pain for more than six months and the knee pain over the past week assessed by VAS (100 mm) ≥ 40 mm; Ultrasonography showed obvious synovitis with effusion in the knee joint; Both MRI-assessed Hoffa-synovitis score (MOAKS method) and effusion-synovitis score (modified WORMS method) ≥ 1, and their total score ≥ 3; Being able to listen, speak, read and understand Chinese, capable of understanding the study requirements and cooperating with the researchers during the study, and providing written informed consent.

Exclusion: Planned hip or knee surgery (including arthroscopy, arthroplasty, and other open joint surgeries) in the next six months; Contraindication to having magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (e.g., implanted pacemaker, artificial metal valve or cornea, aneurysm clipping surgery, arterial dissection, metal foreign bodies in the eyeball, claustrophobia); Current use of oral corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or immunosuppressive medication; Use any investigational drugs or devices in the recent 30 days; Allergy to glucocorticoids; Other physical condition that is more painful than their knee OA; Malignant tumors or other life-threatening diseases; Infection, diabetes, coagulopathy, osteonecrosis, or gastric/duodenal ulcer within the past 12 months; Knee injection of glucocorticoid or hyaluronic acid within the past six months; Severe trauma or arthroscopy in the knee within the past six months; Presence of other arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis; Pregnancy or lactating female.

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