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CompletedNCT03110679OA-bi-BlindUpdated Aug 4, 2021

Randomized Double-blind Study on the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Bilateral Knee: Autologous Bone Marrow Concentrate vs. Hyaluronic Acid

A Phase 4 interventional study of injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate and injection of hyaluronic acid. in Osteoarthritis, Knee, sponsored by Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-04.

Sponsored by Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2016, registered Mar 2017).
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

OA-bi-Blind is a randomized double-blind study on the treatment of osteoarthritis of the Bilateral knee: autologous bone marrow concentrate vs. hyaluronic acid.

Read the detailed description

a randomized, controlled, double-blind study and we will be evaluated and compared the clinical and radiological results of concentrated autologous bone marrow against the hyaluronic acid in patients with bilateral knee osteoarthrosis . In randomization, one knee will be treated with autologous bone marrow concentrate and other knee with hyaluronic acid, then every patient is considered both in control and treatment group, limiting the heterogenity between groups and will not be informed of the knee assigned to the treatment group.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee

Keywords

  • osteoarthritis
  • autologous bone marrow concentrate
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In context

Osteoarthritis

4,398 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis; 582 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 70 across 3,440 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.

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Lead sponsor

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli is the lead sponsor of 298 studies on the registry; 102 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female patients, aged between 18 and 75 years;
  2. Bilateral symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 1-4);
  3. Failure after two months of conservative treatment;
  4. Capacity and consent of patients to participate actively in the rehabilitation protocol, follow-up clinic and radiology protocol;
  5. Signature of informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients incapable of discernment;
  2. Patients with malignancy
  3. Patients with rheumatic diseases;
  4. Patients with diabetes;
  5. Patients with metabolic disorders of the thyroid;
  6. Patients belonging abuse of alcohol, drugs or medications;
  7. Patients with misalignment of the lower limbs than 10 °;
  8. Body Mass Index> 40;
  9. Patients with a history of trauma or intra-articular infiltration of therapeutic substances within 6 months prior to treatment.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    autologous bone marrow concentrate

    concentration of bone marrow taken from the patient's right tibia using Bio-MAC® suction catheter, company Biologic Therapies, Inc., and concentrated by centrifuge Bio.SPINTM Magellan®, company Biologic Therapies , Inc., and its injection in the intra-articular.

    Biological: injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate

  • Experimental
    hyaluronic acid.

    single injection of intra-articular hyaluronic acid 60mg (4 cc), and serve as a control.

    Biological: injection of hyaluronic acid.

Interventions

  • Biologicalinjection of autologous bone marrow concentrate
  • Biologicalinjection of hyaluronic acid.
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC)-Subjective score

    Clinical improvement, measured by the change in scores IKDC Subjective

    Time frame: Time Frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC)-Subjective score

    Stability of the initial clinical improvement between 6 and 24 months

    Time frame: Time Frame: 1,3,6, 12, 24 months evaluation

  2. Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS).

    Stability of the initial clinical improvement between 6 and 24 months of the KOOS pain score

    Time frame: Time Frame: 1,3,6, 12, 24 months evaluation

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Study locations

1 site
  • Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute
    Bologna, 40136, Italy
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 4, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03110679
Lead sponsor
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 12, 2017
Start date
May 23, 2016
Primary completion
Nov 2016
Completion
May 2021
Last update
Aug 4, 2021

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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