Hip Viscosupplementation: What is the Best Dosage?

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2014-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Intraarticular injections have long been used to treat osteoarthritis. Viscosupplementation is a relatively new approach comprising the injection of hyaluronic acid into diarthrodial joints. The dosis regimen is well established for the knee joint, but there is still no consensus regarding the optimal dosage for hip viscosupplementation. Our objective is to determine the optimal dosis for hip viscosupplementation

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
• Treatments: Hyaluronic Acid; Hylan

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Met the American College of Rheumatology criteria for hip osteoarthritis

• No hip intraarticular injections in the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe reaction to the procedure