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Impact of Autologous Pure Platelet-rich Plasma in the Treatment of Tendon Disease

Phase 2
Conditions
Rotator Cuff Tear
Lateral Epicondylitis
Achilles Tendinitis
Interventions
Biological: Ultrasound-guided pure platelet-rich-plasma (P-PRP) injection
Biological: Ultrasound-guided platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) injection
Registration Number
NCT03300531
Lead Sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Brief Summary

This is a randomized parallel controlled double-blind phase 2 clinical study.All subjects are recruited from the patients of rotator cuff tear, lateral epicondylitis or chronic achilles tendonitis. Patients will be randomly divided into three groups. Autologous pure platlet-rich plasma (P-PRP) and platlet-rich plasma (PRP) are purified from the peripheral blood .Patients of case groups will receive P-PRP or PRP injection once a week for three times while the control group received the same dose compound betamethasone injection. Follow up visit will occur at 1 month,3 months, 6 months,12 months after the last injection. Clinical quantitative assessment will measure by the visual analogue scale(VAS). The secondary outcomes are the constant-murley score(CMS) and the rating scale of the American shoulder and elbow surgeons(ASES) and the disability of arm shoulder and hand(DASH). The objective evaluation methods is that the examination of MRI or ultrasound were accomplished before the first injection and at 6 and 12 months afterwards.

Detailed Description

All injection will be done under ultrasound guidance.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
540
Inclusion Criteria
  1. clinically diagnosed as rotator cuff tear, lateral epicondylitis or chronic achilles tendonitis;
  2. symptom duration is over 3 months, non-steroidal drug treatment , rehabilitation treatment and other conservative treatment is invalid;
  3. patient that can understand the clinical trials and signed the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. patient that underwent other injection treatment within 6 weeks
  2. some associated diseases (such as arthritis, synovitis, entrapment of related nerve, radiculopathy to the target lesion, generalized pain syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, pregnancy, impaired sensibility, paralysis, history of allergic or hypersensitive reaction to bovine-derived proteins or fibrin glue)
  3. patient that enrolled other clinical trials within 3 months
  4. history of drug/alcohol addiction, habitual smoker

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
P-PRPUltrasound-guided pure platelet-rich-plasma (P-PRP) injectionBlood will be drawn and pure platelet-rich plasma will be injected into the tendon.
PRPUltrasound-guided platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) injectionBlood will be drawn and platelet-rich plasma will be injected into the tendon.
Compound betamethasoneUltrasound-guided Compound betamethasone injection1ml dexamethasone mixed with 0.5-2ml of saline to achieve the same injection volume (which contains betamethasone dipropionate 5mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 2mg) )
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in Visual Analog Scale(VAS) at 3, 6 and 12 weeksBaseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Pain on activity will be evaluated by VAS

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Constant-Murley Score(CMS)Baseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the shoulder

American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Shoulder ScoreBaseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the shoulder

The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand(DASH) ScoreBaseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the shoulder

Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Achilles questionnaire (VISA-A)Baseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the achilles tendon

Adverse eventsFrom baseline through study completion, an average of 3 year

Adverse events to evaluate the safety

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