Can your own blood ease knee arthritis pain?
NCT ID NCT07558980
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looked at 40 people with knee osteoarthritis who received injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) made from their own blood. Researchers measured pain, function, and inflammation markers to see how PRP might help. The goal was to better understand the treatment's effects, not to prove it works for everyone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors understand how PRP works for knee arthritis and guide better treatment plans.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, observational study with no control group, so results may not prove PRP is effective. It only looks at short-term effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Dec 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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40 to 80 years
- 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: 1. Age between 40 and 80 years 2. Diagnosis of unilateral or bilateral gonarthrosis radiological grade 2-3 Kellgren-Lawrence 3. Knee joint pain greater than 4 on the VAS scale 4. History of knee joint pain for at least 6 months 5. Patients who are to receive an inpatient PRP injection Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of secondary gonarthrosis 2. History of inflammatory rheumatological disease or gout 3. History of recent minor (1 month) or major (2 years) trauma to the knee joint 4. History of knee surgery or arthroscopy 5. Infiltrations, physiotherapy or other knee treatments in the last 3 months 6. Diagnosis of neoplasia, hematological or immunological diseases 7. Clinical or biological signs of acute infection 8. Coagulation disorders
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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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" Iuliu Hatieganu" University of medicine and Pharmacy
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, 400347, Romania
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