Platelet-rich-plasma Treating Tennis Elbow

May 17, 2017 updated by: Zimmer Biomet

Use of Platelet-rich-plasma to Treat Tennis Elbow, A Blinded and Randomized Single Center Study

The study is to compare the efficacy of autologous platelet concentrate injections to corticosteroid injection in patients suffering from tennis elbow with respect to pain and function.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Patients with chronic plantar fasciitis will be allocated randomly to have a steroid injection or an autologous platelet concentrate injections. Data will be collected before the procedure, 4, 8, 12, 26 weeks and 1 year after the procedure. The main outcome measures of this study are pain and function measured with questionnaires.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

106

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Tilburg, Netherlands
        • Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with chronic epicondylitis lateralis who do not react to conservative treatment and therefore are send to the orthopedic surgeon

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: 1
PRP injection
PRP Injection
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 2
Corticosteroid Injection
Corticosteroid Injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Visual Analog Score - Pain
Time Frame: 4months,12 months,24months & 52 months
4months,12 months,24months & 52 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Complications
Time Frame: Anytime
Anytime
DASH
Time Frame: 4months,12months,24months & 52 months
4months,12months,24months & 52 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Taco Gosens, MD, Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2007

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2008

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 22, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 22, 2008

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 23, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

May 19, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 17, 2017

Last Verified

May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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