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Clinical Trials/NCT01803360
NCT01803360
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Phase 2

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Neridronate 100 mg -4 i.v. Infusions- in Patients With Painful Osteoarthritis of the Knee With Bone Marrow Lesions.

ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentMarch 2013
InterventionsNeridronate

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Neridronate
Conditions
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Sponsor
ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO
Enrollment
60
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
knee pain reduction
Last Updated
13 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether neridronate is effective in the treatment of pain related to bone marrow oedema in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 2013
End Date
September 2013
Last Updated
13 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Massimo Varenna

MD PhD

ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of knee Osteoarthritis (ACR criteria)
  • Radiographic diagnosis of knee Osteoarthritis (Kellgren/Lawrence scale \>=2)
  • \>4 weeks but \<3 months pain, reported as \>30 mm on a 100 mm VAS scale
  • bone marrow oedema of the affected knee on magnetic resonance

Exclusion Criteria

  • inflammatory arthritis
  • aseptic osteonecrosis of the knee
  • previous or current treatment with Bisphosphonates
  • serum calcium or creatinine abnormalities

Arms & Interventions

Neridronate

Neridronate 100 mg solution for infusion: 4 intravenous administrations in a course of 10 days treatment

Intervention: Neridronate

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

knee pain reduction

Time Frame: 60 days

to assess the efficacy in terms of proportion of patients with a 50% reduction in pain intensity compared to baseline measured by VAS 100 mm scale recorded at the last visit (day 60)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Bone marrow lesions reduction(60 days)

Study Sites (1)

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