Effectiveness of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection versus Steroid injection for Knee pain in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) – A Single blind Randomized control Trial
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M059- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/066955
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kalyani
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. All patients aged =18 years who are fulfilling 2010 ACR-EULAR classification criteria for RA.
2. Patients having low disease activity as per DAS28 criteria.
3. Patients treated with DMARD for at least 3 months with stable conditions.
4. Patients who will give consent for inclusion in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Trauma history, local abscess, septic arthritis, patients on opioids analgesics, malignancy, pregnancy, HCV, HBV infected patients, blood disorders (coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia), and patients with previous intra-articular injection of steroid or PRP (within past 6 months).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS Score, HAQ-DI Score, Swelling score, tenderness score, and USG findingTimepoint: baseline, 3 months and 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Demographic data and disease severityTimepoint: baseline, 3 months and 6 months