Could a simple blood injection ease your jaw pain?
NCT ID NCT05883982
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether injecting a concentrate of the patient's own blood proteins (I-PRF) into the jaw joint could reduce pain and improve jaw opening in people with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. 49 adults with TMJ pain or limited jaw movement received the injection. The study measured pain levels and how wide they could open their mouth before and after treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- I-PRF (injectable platelet-rich fibrin, made from the patient's own blood)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, natural injection to ease jaw pain and improve movement for people with TMJ disorders.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed Phase 2 trial with no control group, so results may not be definitive. Benefits may vary, and risks include injection-site reactions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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49 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * age over 18; * informed consent to participate in the study; * the possibility of discontinuing the current treatment of the temporomandibular joints; * generally accepted indications for injection therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * bleeding diathesis; * mental illness; * temporomandibular joint prosthesis; * temporomandibular joint ankylosis; * skin disease of the preauricular area of the affected side.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Maxillofacial Surgery
Kielce, Poland
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