Active clinical trials for "Osteoarthritis"

This study is being conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ASA compared to placebo in the management of osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms of the knee.

Osteoarthritis is a painful long term joint condition that is associated with poor quality of life. There are no treatments to prevent it. Inflammation is one cause of osteoarthritis. This inflammation is complex. It involves many joint tissues, like cartilage and fat. It also involves many proteins that act as inflammatory 'signals'. Safely targeting these proteins with medications has so far proved ineffective. Physiotherapy and weight loss can help osteoarthritis, but there is a need for other approaches. Blueberries are rich in natural chemicals called polyphenols; these have well-established anti-inflammatory effects. Blueberries and other fruits may improve osteoarthritis symptoms, but the investigators do not know how this improvement happens. It may be that these foods reduce inflammation within the joint tissues. They will investigate this. This will help us to understand 1) how blueberries improve osteoarthritis symptoms and 2) whether dietary supplementation with blueberries could slow down joint damage in osteoarthritis, rather than just improving symptoms. Additionally, high levels of joint inflammation predict poorer recovery from joint replacement surgery. Therefore, blueberry supplementation may hasten this recovery. Fifty eight people scheduled to have a knee replacement for osteoarthritis will receive either six weeks blueberry supplementation or a placebo pre-surgery. Participants will continue the supplementation for six weeks after surgery. First, this study will use tissue samples (cartilage, fat and the joint lining called synovium) obtained during surgery to investigate the effects of pre-operative blueberry supplementation on markers of joint inflammation. Second, this study will assess the ability of dietary supplementation with blueberries to improve the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Finally, this study will investigate the effect of blueberry supplementation on recovery from total knee replacement. Our investigations may provide evidence to support dietary supplementation with blueberries to slow down osteoarthritis progression and to improve recovery from osteoarthritis joint replacement surgery.

This open-label, single-arm, phase I/II study in mild-to-moderate stage knee osteoarthritis patients is designed to assess the safety and tolerability of intraarticular human allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cell product StromaForte. 12 male and/or female patients aged over 18 years will be enrolled. The main questions it aims to answer are: To assess the safety and tolerability of StromaForte within 24 hours, 4 days ,28 days, 84, and 168 post injection during site visits and post injection by telephone calls. Safety and tolerability will be assessed by reporting the number of adverse events assessed by Common Terminology Criteria For Adverse Events (CTCAE) which is the Incidence of any treatment-emergent serious adverse events (TE-SAEs). Eligible patients will receive one dose (50 x 106 allogeneic bone marrow (BM)-derived MSC formulated in 4 ml infusion solution (sodium chloride supplemented with human serum albumin) to be given via ultrasoundguided intra-articular injection of human allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cell product StromaForte

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of AqueousJoint Intra-Articular Injection in Mild to Moderate Knee Osteoarthritis of AqueousJoint. The main questions it aims to answer are: To demonstrate superior efficacy of AqueousJoint administered via intra-articular injection versus placebo during the study period. To evaluate the efficacy of two different concentrations of AqueousJoint, administered via single IA injection as compared to control group (placebo) One IA injection of AqueousJoint or Placebo will be injected to participants' knee. Follow up will take place up to six months.

Background: Current knee osteoarthritis (OA) guidelines recommend knee specific exercise as treatment for knee OA pain. However, up to 87 % of patients with knee OA have at least one other chronic condition, typically cardiovascular in nature. The elevated risk of cardiovascular health problems can be mitigated by performing aerobic exercise. By consequence, it seems logical to apply aerobic exercise for this patient group as the symptomatic benefit is equal to other types of exercise. Aim: This study aims to assess the tolerability of cardiovascular exercise using High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on different self-selected exercise equipment in patients with knee OA and at least one CVD risk factor. Hypothesis: The hypothesis is that performing HIIT exercise is tolerable when having knee OA and at least one CVD risk factor. Method: The study is a prospective cohort study designed to assess if HIIT performed by patients with knee OA and at least one modifiable CVD risk factor influence knee pain. The investigators plan to include 40 participants. The participants will be recruited from the osteoarthritis outpatient clinic at Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg hospital. This study will include participants with a clinical diagnosis of knee OA (either one or both knees) and at least one CVD risk factor (obesity, hypertension, elevated HbA1c (long-term blood glycose), elevated triglycerides, elevated cholesterol (LDL)). All participants will attend the HIIT intervention 3 times per week, for 12 weeks. Before a participant attend their first exercise session, he/she will be asked to complete an educational session about knee OA and aerobic exercise. Participants will have a pre-screening visit (phone call), a screening visit, and a baseline visit, before the 12-week exercise period (3 sessions weekly), and after completion of the exercise period a follow-up visit. Finance: This study is fully funded by Sygesikring "Denmark". Publication: All results, both negative, positive, and inconclusive will be published. Should publication fail, the results will be made publicly available.

Single-blinded randomised controlled trial comparing impingement with CT scan for manual and robotic total hip replacement. A pilot study of 50 participants.

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn about the effect of a wearable activity tracker assisted physiotherapeutic intervention on the risk of poor patient reported outcome after a primary total knee replacement. The main question it aims to answer is whether a wearable activity tracker assisted physiotherapeutic intervention and remote monitoring may help to decrease the number of the poor patient reported post-operative outcome 12 months after a primary total knee replacement. Participants will receive standard postoperative care which includes physiotherapy appointments 4 weeks and 3 months after the surgery and they will use smart rings (Oura ring) 3 months postoperatively. Patients will be remotely monitored to follow their recovery from total knee replacement surgery: the study group physiotherapists will follow the patients' activity and sleep and if necessary, make a contact with patient if there seems to low activity indicating difficulties with recovering from the surgery. Researchers will compare the intervention group to a group of participants who will receive only standard postoperative care with physiotherapy appointments 4 weeks and 3 months, to see if the use of the Oura ring may decrease the number of participants with poor patient reported post-operative outcome after total knee replacement.

Subchondral bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in knee osteoarthritis (OA) are strongly associated with presence and severity of knee pain, structural deterioration, disease progression with an increased risk of total knee arthroplasty. OA-related BMLs may regress or resolve within 30 months which could be associated with long lasting disability. It has been reported that BMLs persist in the majority of knee OA patients. Different treatment strategies have been proposed including rest and protected weight-bearing, bisphosphonates, subchondroplasty and intraosseous orthobiologic injection. However, conservative treatment response takes a long time and other interventions may be considered invasive procedures that show varying results with several side effects. Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy (f-ESWT) has been established as a safe non-invasive treatment with positive results in different bone disorders that share the same pathological features of BMLs. This is an exploratory, randomized-controlled, pilot study to determine the efficacy and safety of f-ESWT compared to the standard-of-care (analgesics and protected weight bearing) for the treatment of BMLs in patients with knee OA. Thirty subjects with knee OA who have history of knee pain at rest and during walking with the confirmed diagnosis of subchondral BML(s) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) despite at least 4 weeks of conservative treatment will be enrolled into this study. Subjects will be randomized to receive either: 1) f-ESWT: 15 subjects will receive a total of 4 sessions (at high energy level) over 4 consecutive weeks, or 2) Standard of care treatment: 15 subjects will receive analgesics, and non-weight bearing. Participants will be evaluated for adverse events and changes in pain intensity and knee function, using an 11-point numerical rating scale (NRS; 0-10, with anchors "no pain" and "pain as bad as you can imagine") and; the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, respectively. Subjects will be assessed with these outcome measures at baseline, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months after the treatment. MRI of the involved knee will be performed prior to treatment (baseline) and 3 months and 6 months after treatment.

A pre-market randomized, parallel group, single-blind, clinical study with a Medical Device, made of vegetal material, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of one knee injection of the investigational device versus active comparator (Jonexa). The study population will consist of 150 patients diagnosed with primary knee osteoarthrosis. At present, the study is monocentric competitive. Treatment period for each patient is 6 months.

Osteoarthritis is a chronic, degenerative disease affecting the joints. It is characterized by the presence of bone tissue that goes to make up for the loss of articular cartilage, causing pain and limitation of movement. Osteoarthritis is a direct consequence of aging: it affects almost all 70-year-olds, peaking between 75 and 79 years. The presence of osteoarthritic processes at the hip and knee joints can result in pain, difficulty maintaining standing for a long time, and difficulty walking with loss of balance, increasing the risk of accidental falls to the ground. Falls are a frequent cause of mortality and morbidity and, often, limit autonomy leading to premature entry into assisted living facilities. In Italy, in 2002 it was estimated that 28.6% of people over 65 years fall within a year: of these, 43% fall more than once and 60% of falls occur at home. Such falls can often result in fractures leading to the need for hospitalization with significant impact on both motor and cognitive function. Balance and gait rehabilitation are of primary importance for the recovery of a person's autonomy and independence, especially in older individuals who have undergone osteosynthesis or prosthesis surgery of the lower limbs. Technological and robotic rehabilitation allows for greater intensity, objectivity, and standardization in treatment protocols, as well as in outcome measurement. In this context, patient motivation is fuelled and maintained by both the sensory stimuli that support technological treatment and the challenge of achieving ever better results, objective feedback from instrumental assessments. Osteoarthritic patients who have undergone osteosynthesis or lower extremity prosthetic surgery require special attention, especially with the goal of preventing further accidents and reducing the patient's risk of falling. Given these considerations, it is believed that conventional physical therapy combined with technological balance treatment may be more effective on rehabilitation outcome than conventional therapy alone.