Effect of Reparel Knee Sleeve With Knee Injection

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goals of treating knee osteoarthritis (OA) is to improve or maintain quality of life, mobility and function, pain relief, and improve inflammation. The different treatment options for knee OA have been extensively studied and implemented, but the optimum treatment is still undecided. There is a belief that anti-inflammatory sleeve technology may be beneficial in treating knee OA. The purpose of this study is to determine if the Reparel™ knee sleeve results in superior mobility, functionality, and pain outcomes as compared to a placebo knee sleeve in managing knee OA.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Collaborator: Reparel

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• osteoarthritis visible on knee radiograph

• patient opting for non-surgical treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• bilateral symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

• prior surgery on the knee of interest

• hardware present on the knee of interest

• gross instability detected on physical exam

• malignancy in the knee of question