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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
NameTimeMethod
VAS Score, HAQ-DI Score, Swelling score, tenderness score, and USG findingTimepoint: baseline, 3 months and 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Demographic data and disease severityTimepoint: baseline, 3 months and 6 months
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