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CompletedNCT04574453Updated Apr 12, 2021

Study To Assess The Efficacy And Safety Of The Medical Device Iracross Versus Iraline Administered Intra-Articular To Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

An interventional study of Iracross and Iraline in Osteoarthritis, Knee, sponsored by I.R.A. Istituto Ricerche Applicate S.p.A.. Completed at 1 site in Romania. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-12.

Sponsored by I.R.A. Istituto Ricerche Applicate S.p.A. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
103
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Comparison with a non-inferiority design at 12 and 24 weeks on a larger scale is real to objectively evaluate the composite measurement of ROM, pain and basic activities like walking or performing daily activities (QoL) in a population with a large coverage of age and levels of physical activity (from no physical activity history to athletes).

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After giving their consent, subjects will undergo a screening visit to determine eligibility for study entry. After randomization, subjects will have administered medical device Iracross or Iraline. For subjects allocated to Iracross, medical device will be administered only at first visit and for subjects allocated to Iraline, medical device will be administered at visit 1, visit,2, visit 3 and optional for visit 4 and visit 5.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee
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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 103 is above the median of 70 across 3,440 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.

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Lead sponsor

I.R.A. Istituto Ricerche Applicate S.p.A. is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Aged between 40 and 80 years
  2. Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis as defined by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria; (for subjects with OA at both knees, the most painful one will be included in the study only, respecting KL grade II or III);
  3. Ambulant without assistance;
  4. Kellgren-Lawrence grade II or III on X-ray performed at maximum 6 months before screening;
  5. VAS knee pain ≥40 at screening and 30 days before;
  6. At least 30 days before screening oral/parenteral corticosteroid or NSAIDs (10 mg prednisone) administration.
  7. Signed Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Unstable knee;
  2. Varus or valgus ≥ 15 degrees;
  3. Active malignancy;
  4. Knee trauma or lose body parts 1 year before screening;
  5. Rheumatoid Arthritis, avascular necrosis, fibromyalgia;
  6. Use of potent analgesics 15 days (different from ≤ 10 mg prednisone);
  7. Intra-articular HA or corticosteroid injection within 6 months before screening;
  8. Arthroscopic or knee open surgery within 12 months before screening;
  9. Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg/m2;
  10. Active infection around the injection site;
  11. Use of anticoagulants or history of thrombocytopenia;
  12. Concomitant use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), anaesthetics;
  13. Known sensitivity to HA or DVS;
  14. Pregnancy, breast feeding.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
103 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Iracross

    1 course of IRACROSS (crosslinked 2% Hyaluronic Acid) at baseline, consisting of a mono-dose intra-articular administration (2ml).

    Device: Iracross

  • Active comparator
    Iraline

    1 course of IRALINE (linear 2% Hyaluronic Acid); each course consists of 3-5 intra-articular administrations (2ml) at weekly intervals (from week 1 to 3, 4 or 5, depending on each patient's need)

    Device: Iraline

Interventions

  • DeviceIracross

    Administration of max 2ml of Iracross at first visit

  • DeviceIraline

    Administration of maximum 2 ml of Iraline at visit 1 to visit 3, 4 and 5 depending of suject's need

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Range Of Motion and Visual Analogue Scale

    Change in ROM and VAS for pain (at rest), at 180 (± 4 days) days

    Time frame: 180 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Physician Efficacy Global Evaluation

    Score of Physician Efficacy Global Evaluation at final visit. Minimum value is4-poor efficacy and maximum value is 1- very good efficacy

    Time frame: 180 days

  2. Visual Analogue Scale Evaluation

    VAS for pain (on moving and on pressing). Minimum score is 0 and it means no pain. Maximum score is 100 and represents the maximum pain that patient can suffer.

    Time frame: 180 days

  3. Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score

    Changes in KOOS score from first visit to final visit. The min value is 0 and the max value 100, were the min value represents no problem and max value represents extreme problems

    Time frame: 180 days

  4. NSAID consumption

    Incidence of NSAID consumption from first visit to final visit

    Time frame: 180 days

Other outcomes

  1. AE, SAE, ADE, SADE, DD incidence.

    To investigate the overall safety and tolerability of the two medical devices during the by overall study period.

    Time frame: 180 days

  2. Physician Global Tolerability

    Percentage of patients with "excellent" evaluations in the Physician Global Tolerability Evaluation

    Time frame: 180 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Fizio Center
    Timişoara, Timis 300211, Romania
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 12, 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
NCT04574453
Lead sponsor
I.R.A. Istituto Ricerche Applicate S.p.A.
Collaborators
Opera CRO, a TIGERMED Group Company
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 5, 2020
Start date
Jun 29, 2020
Primary completion
Feb 10, 2021
Completion
Feb 10, 2021
Last update
Apr 12, 2021

Study contacts

George Puenea
principal investigator · Fizio Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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