PRP vs Corticosteroid in Baker's Cyst

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2017-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a Prospective study with Randomized patients into either Ultrasound-guided Platelets-Rich-Plasma injection and Ultrasound guided Corticosteroid Injection, with 3 months and 6 months follow ups after aspiration at our institution. There will be 25 patients in each group, including any patient with symptomatic baker's cyst.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: New York University School of Medicine; NYU Langone Health

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients at least 18 years old.

• Patients with baker's cyst who also present with at least one of the following:

swelling, local pain or discomfort, limited range of motion or any other symptom directly caused by the baker's cyst.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients younger than 18 years old

• Local or Systemic active infection

• Active cancer treatment

• Immunodeficiency

• Diabetes

• Hypersensitivity or allergy to Corticosteroid or Lidocaine