Hyaluronic Acid Injection Post Arthroscopy - Does it Improve Immediate Function? Double Blind Controlled Prospective Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01442571

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-09-28

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2011-09-28

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Conditions

Cartilage Injury

Keywords

Adult Men and Women, who underwent arthroscopy of the knee with cartilage injury of ICRS grade 2 or higher

Brief summary

The proposed research is to examine the effect of injecting a large volume of HA (10cc) at the time of post arthroscopy suture removal (9-11 day post surgery), in patients with cartilage damage of ICRS grade 2 and above in one of the knee compartments.

Interventions

DEVICEHyaluronic Acid Injection

DRUGSaline Injection

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Adult Men and Women, who underwent arthroscopy of the knee with cartilage injury of ICRS grade 2 or higher in one of the compartments (in addition to other injuries such as meniscal tear and cruciate ligament).

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with known rheumatic disorders. * Known hypersensitivity to HA. * Synovial diseases like PVNS, under 18y old.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
IKDC (the International Knee Documentation Committee)	—

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactHadas Lemberg, PhD

lhadas@hadassah.org.il00 972 2 6777572

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026