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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12620000870954
ACTRN12620000870954
Active, Not Recruiting
Phase 3

Evaluating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of stem cell injections in people with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial (The SCUlpTOR trial)

niversity of Sydney0 sites321 target enrollmentAugust 31, 2020

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Knee osteoarthritis
Sponsor
niversity of Sydney
Enrollment
321
Status
Active, Not Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 31, 2020
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Ability and willingness to participate and complete the study
  • Having internet access and an active email account
  • Having functional English
  • Australian Citizen or Permanent resident
  • People \>\=40 years of age
  • Knee OA as defined by the clinical and radiographic American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria
  • Presence of pain in the study knee for at least half of the days in the previous month
  • Average pain intensity \>\= 40 and \<\= 90 on a 0\-100 visual analogue scale (VAS) over the past week before the Online Screening and Baseline surveys
  • Kellgren\-Lawrence grade (KLG) 2 or 3 of the study knee based on knee radiographs
  • Medial or lateral minimal joint space width (mJSW) between 0\.5 and 4 mm of the study knee based on radiographs

Exclusion Criteria

  • Incomplete online screening surveys
  • Participants that are non\-responders after completing the screening survey but before being enrolled
  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or women of childbearing potential not willing to use contraceptive methods for the duration of the study
  • Bilateral symptomatic knee OA if the patient\-reported pain intensity in the contralateral knee is \>\= 30 on a 0\-100 VAS
  • Significant injury in the study knee that led to substantial loss of function or surgeries within the past 6 months
  • Prior knee joint replacement or high tibial osteotomy in the study knee
  • Surgery on the study knee within the past 12 months
  • Planned surgery for the study knee in the next 24 months
  • History of crystalline arthropathy, autoimmune arthritis, hemochromatosis or fibromyalgia. Except for the following conditions:
  • i. participants diagnosed with gout are eligible for the study as long as the condition is being appropriately treated and they have not experienced flare\-ups for at least 12 months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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