New hip gel aims to ease arthritis pain without surgery
NCT ID NCT05829733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a gel called Synolis VA 80/160 for people with painful hip osteoarthritis. The goal is to see if it reduces pain and improves hip function over 6 months. About 70 adults with moderate hip arthritis who haven't gotten enough relief from standard painkillers will take part.
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- 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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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient over 18 years of age, * Patient with osteoarthritis of the hip. The diagnosis is based on the following criteria: * Treated hip pain: Oxford score ≥ 21/60, * Kellgren-Lawrence positive X-ray stage: II - III (inclusion radiograph dated no more than 6 months before the inclusion visit), * Symptoms related to osteoarthritis of the hip for at least 2 months, * Failure of treatments (i.e., inadequate or ineffective response to analgesics and/or NSAIDs or intolerance to NSAIDs or low-grade opioids (leaving an OXFORD score ≥ 21/60), * Informed consent form signed by the patient, * The patient has never had a visco supplement injection or corticosteroid injection in the hip to be treated (or more than 6 months old). Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy, * Participation in another clinical trial, * Skin lesion near the injection site, * Recent or old infection of the affected joint, * Patient with a programmed arthroplasty, * Patient with a pathology that makes decision-making impossible, * The patient must not have undergone non-prosthetic hip-conserving surgery such as osteotomy or arthroscopy less than 12 months old.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Service d'Orthopédie II (Membre Inférieur, Chirurgie du Sport et Chirurgie Septique) Hôpital Salengro, CHRU de Lille
RECRUITINGLille, France
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Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté
RECRUITINGBelfort, France
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Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque CHD
RECRUITINGDunkirk, France
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