Active clinical trials for "Osteoarthritis"

Investigators aim to compare clinical and radiological outcome of use of plate versus screw fixation for calcaneocuboid arthrodesis in adult population.

Many patients with osteoarthritis of the knee fail non-operative measures and elect to have knee arthroplasty to improve their quality of life. If successful, intra-articular mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) injections into the knee may offer another viable non-operative treatment modality. Additionally, this modality may have reparative or regenerative potential, which could lead to the first treatment for osteoarthritis that treats the underlying disease as opposed to symptomatic control. Additionally, there are no acceptable non-surgical treatments for focal chondral defects of the knee. Surgical treatments that do exist have diminished outcomes if performed on patients older than age 30-40 years. If successful, intra-articular MSC injections into the knee would represent the first non-operative treatment for focal chondral defects and also represent a potential option for treatment in patients over the age of 30-40 years. This trial will be a prospective, single-center phase I pilot study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a single intra-articular injection of autologous bone marrow-derived MSCs in 16 subjects, 8 who have knee osteoarthritis and 8 who have a focal chondral defect in the knee. Patients will undergo a bone marrow harvest procedure at the Dahms Clinical Research Unit (DCRU) of University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. MSCs will be isolated and expanded. After approximately 2-3 weeks, patients will return for an intra-articular injection of 50x106 MSCs Subsequent study visits will occur on post-injection day 7 and months 2, 6, 12, and 24. Safety of intra-articular injection of MSCs will be evaluated at study visits by interval history, physical examination and assessment of any adverse events that are observed/reported. Additionally, efficacy will be evaluated by having patients complete functional outcome measures including: Visual Analog Score (VAS) for pain, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Knee Form, and Lysholm Knee Scale. These will be completed at the pre-treatment visit and then repeated at the 2, 6, 12, and 24-month follow-up visits. Lastly, T1 rho and T2 mapping on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be used to assess for improved cartilage quality after intra-articular injection of MSCs. An MRI will be obtained at the pre-treatment visit. At the 12 and 24 month follow up visit, additional MRIs will be obtained and analyzed to compare the pre-treatment MRI to post-treatment MRIs.

The purpose of this study is verify the efficacy and safety of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (UC-MSC) therapy for patients with Osteoarthritis, and in addition, provide basis for exploring the treatment regimen of UC-MSC therapy in different degree of cartilage defect disease

A prospective, randomised controlled trial where clinical and radiological outcome of high tibial opening wedge osteotomy with physiotherapy is compared to physiotherapy alone while treating symptomatic medial knee osteoarthrosis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) represents a significant cause of disability worldwide and the knee is the most commonly affected joint. Oxytocin (OT) is a mediator of endogenous analgesia in animal and human studies. This proposal will test the efficacy and safety of self-administered intranasal OT over 4-weeks in older individuals relative to placebo (P) evaluating its effects on pain and function in aging and testing potential underlying neurobiological mechanisms.

Evaluation of the effect of different analgesic treatments (Tramadol, Paracetamol, Diclofenac) on sympathetic nerve activity, blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate, and vascular function in osteoarthritis patients and healthy subjects.

This study aims to compare the postoperative clinical outcomes of Infrapatellar Fat Pad (IPFP) preservation versus resection after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Participants will be identified as normal IPFP or abnormal IPFP based on MRI findings before randomization. The primary outcome is the summed score of Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) covering pain, symptoms, activities of daily life, sport & recreation, knee-related quality of life, and KOOS subscale assessing activities of daily life, sport & recreation. The secondary endpoints will be included: KOOS subscales (pain, symptoms and quality of life), Knee Society Score (KSS), 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Pain, timed up-and-go test, depression, patellar tendon shortening, 100 mm VAS self-reported efficacy of reduced pain and increased quality of life. Adverse events will be recorded. Primary and secondary outcomes will be evaluated or reported blindly at baseline and at postoperative 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. Intention-to-treat analyses will be used.

The purpose of this study is to compare three prosthesis designs to compare three prosthesis designs for total knee arthroplasty and determine the best option for patients in need of a knee replacement.

A new infusion strategy named the 'programmed intermittent bolus' (PIB) technique delivers the hourly dose within minutes compared to the traditional infusion that delivers such dose over an hour. The PIB technique has demonstrated superior patient satisfaction and reduced local anesthetic consumption when utilized for pain control during labour and delivery. However, it is not known if the PIB technique gives any benefits during a continuous nerve block in other settings. The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to elucidate if PIB is better than (traditional) continuous infusion for postoperative analgesia in patients receiving a continuous nerve block for total shoulder arthroplasty with respect to pain control.

Researchers are trying to determine the safety and feasibility of autologous, adipose derived stromal vascular fraction injections in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis