Hyaluronic Acid Injection Post Arthroscopy - Does it Improve Immediate Function? Double Blind Controlled Prospective Study

Hadassah Medical Organization100 enrolled

Overview

The proposed research is to examine the effect of injecting a large volume of HA (10cc) at the time of post arthroscopy suture removal (9-11 day post surgery), in patients with cartilage damage of ICRS grade 2 and above in one of the knee compartments.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Cartilage Injury

Interventions

Hyaluronic Acid InjectionDEVICE

Saline InjectionDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult Men and Women, who underwent arthroscopy of the knee with cartilage injury of ICRS grade 2 or higher in one of the compartments (in addition to other injuries such as meniscal tear and cruciate ligament). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with known rheumatic disorders. * Known hypersensitivity to HA. * Synovial diseases like PVNS, under 18y old.

Locations (1)

Unnamed facility

Jerusalem, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

IKDC (the International Knee Documentation Committee)

Central Contacts

Hadas Lemberg, PhD

CONTACT

00 972 2 6777572 lhadas@hadassah.org.il

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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