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<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20130523013442N23</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2018-03-24</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Vice chancellor for research, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Efficacy of intra-articular injection of a newly developed plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) versus hyaluronic acid on pain and function of patients with knee osteoarthritis</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Efficacy of intra-articular injection of a newly developed plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) versus hyaluronic acid on pain and function of patients with knee osteoarthritis: A single-blinded randomized clinical trial</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2018-02-19</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>60</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/29336</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: In this study a total of 60 patients with more than three months of chronic pain in the knee joints along with consistent imaging findings (Kellgren-Lawrence score of Ⅱ&amp;Ⅲ) would be enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups of plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) versus hyaluronic acid, Blinding description: Random table number is used to randomize. This is a single blind study and patients are not aware of the type of injected drug.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Knee osteoarthritis.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: plasma rich in growth factor, knee intraarticular injection, 4 to 6 milliliter, 2 times, 3 weeks interval. Intervention 2: Intervention group 2 : Hyaluronic acid (500,000 to 730000 Daltons),3times, weekly.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is There is no further information</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Pegah Yavari</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Shahid Modarres hospital, Kaj square, Saadat abad street</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>1998734383</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 2200 8941</telephone>
        <email>yavari@sbmu.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Sch</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Shahid Arabi Ave., Yaman St., Shahid Chamran Highway</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>1985717443</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 23871</telephone>
        <email>a_raeissadat@sbmu.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Shahid Beheshti Univeraity of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Age between 45-75 years
Symptomatic knee OA with the pain aggravated by weight bearing
Symptoms lasting for at least 6 months despite conservative treatment
Kellgren-Lawrance radiology scoring system scores ranging from 2-3</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>45 years</agemin>
      <agemax>75 years</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>History of trauma , surgery or any invasive procedure in the affected joint during the past 6 months
Mal-alignment in lower limbs and abnormal blood count or impared coagulation test
Pregnant women
Patients who were under immunosuppressant treatments
Those with an underlying systemic arthropathy (secondary OA)
Patients been treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE I) and significant deficiency in glucose 6 - phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) level</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>M17</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Osteoarthritis of knee</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group 1: plasma rich in growth factor, knee intraarticular injection, 4 to 6 milliliter, 2 times, 3 weeks interval</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group 2 : Hyaluronic acid (500,000 to 730000 Daltons),3times, weekly</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Knee Pain. Timepoint: Before intervention, 6 months &amp; 12months after intervention. Method of measurement: Change of WOMAC questionnaire scores.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Vice chancellor for research, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2017-12-31</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethic Committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Sahahid Arabi street, Yaman street, Shahid Chamran Highway Tehran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
