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A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of LKR202 injection after a single intra-articular administration in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

A Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and tolerability of LKR202 injection after a single intra-articular administration in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500114377
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-12-11
Start date
2026-01-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-12-15

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Experimental Group:LKR202 injection for intra-articular administration.
Control group:Placebo intra-articular injection

Sponsors

Shanghai First People's Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
35 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: (1) Age between 35 and 75 years old (inclusive), no gender restriction; (2) Diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral knee osteoarthritis according to the "Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoarthritis" (2024 edition); (3) The WOMAC pain VAS score during level walking (A1) of the study knee joint is > 30mm and <= 80mm, and the WOMAC pain VAS score during level walking (A1) of the contralateral knee joint is <= 30mm; (4) Standing X-ray examination within 3 months before screening or at the time of screening shows Kellgren-Lawrence grade I-III, and the grade of the contralateral knee joint does not exceed that of the study knee joint; (5) 18 kg/m2 <= BMI <= 30 kg/m2; (6) Willing to participate in the clinical trial, understand and sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: History of local/systemic treatment: (1) Patients with the following previous treatments or plans to have the following treatments during the study: 1) Use of any analgesic medication (including Chinese medicine) or therapy (physical therapy, acupuncture, massage) for osteoarthritis within 1 week before enrollment or within 5 drug half-lives, whichever was longer; 2) Systemic use of glucocorticoids within 3 months before enrollment; 3) Intra-articular injection of glucocorticoids and platelet-rich plasma within 6 months before enrollment; 4) injected with viscoelastic supplements in either knee within 6 months before enrollment; 5) have undergone any major surgery, arthroplasty, or arthroscopy in the study knee or other lower extremity joint within 6 months before enrollment or are planning to undergo lower extremity surgery during the study period; 6) received stem cell therapy within 12 months before enrollment; Comorbidities/medical history: (2) Patients with active knee joint infection or skin ulceration, infection or other medical conditions affecting the injection; (3) Inability to walk (except those who used a walking aid >=12 weeks before screening and used the aid in the same manner during the trial); (4) Combined hip, knee and ankle osteoarthritis or obvious loss of joint space of patellofemoral joint; (5) Secondary osteoarthritis with clear etiology, such as infectious knee osteoarthritis, traumatic knee osteoarthritis caused by intra-articular fracture, rheumatoid knee osteoarthritis, gougy knee osteoarthritis, etc. (6) Knee joint injury caused by other reasons, or inflammatory pain diseases involving the knee joint or diseases affecting the knee joint (including but not limited to: hemorrhagic arthritis, femoral head epiphyseolysis, bone tuberculosis, bone tumors, hemorrhagic pigmented villonodular synovitis, metabolic bone disease, psoriatic arthritis, symptomatic cartilage calcification); (7) Other lower extremity diseases that may interfere with the efficacy evaluation of knee joint, such as gout, fibromyalgia, significant valgus/varus deformity of knee joint, ligament relaxation, peripheral vascular disease of leg such as lower extremity varicose veins, etc. (8) Meniscus injury or loose body requiring surgery during the study period; (9) Patients with blood system diseases or abnormal coagulation function that cannot be corrected; (10) Patients who were taking antiplatelet aggregation or anticoagulant drugs and could not stop taking them; (11) Patients with severe diseases of important organs (cardiovascular system, lung, liver, kidney and nervous system) or autoimmune diseases; (12) Laboratory tests: ALT > 2×ULN or AST > 2×ULN, Ccr 2×ULN; (13) Having a clear history of mental disorders, or having a history of psychotropic drug abuse or drug use; History of allergies: (14) Allergic or intolerant to acetaminophen or tramadol; (15) History of allergy to sodium hyaluronate or other materials involved in this trial; Others: (16) Pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the study period; (17) Those who had participated in any other clinical trial within 3 months before signing the informed consent; (18) Other investigators judged that they were not suitable to participate in the clinical trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The incidence, severity, and relationship to the investigational drug of adverse events/serious adverse events.;Changes in vital signs, physical examination findings, laboratory test results, and electrocardiogram before and after drug administration.;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactQiugen Wang, Xueying Ding

Shanghai First People's Hospital

wangqiugen@126.com+86 138 0186 2558

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026