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OBJECTIVES:There is a drought of effective treatments of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and new therapies are needed. The present study has been conducted to establish an initial estimate of effectiveness of intra-articular (IA) injection of a proprietary 2.5% cross-linked polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) for the treatment of knee OA symptoms and signs. METHODS:Patients with knee OA were invited into a prospective open-label cohort study. The patients received up to two IA injections of 3 ml of PAAG 1 month apart. The WOMAC questionnaire was used to estimate effectiveness, and was collected at baseline and after 4, 7 and 13 months. Primary outcome was change from baseline for the WOMAC pain subscale after 4 months (Normalised to 0-100 points; 100 worst). Data was analysed using a mixed-effect model without imputation of missing data. RESULTS:84 patients (48 females) received IA PAAG. Of these WOMAC data were available from 62 after 4 months, 59 after 7 months, and 56 after 13 months. There were statistically and clinically significant reductions in WOMAC pain after 4 months (mean change -14.6 points [95% CI: -18.9 to -10.2]; p<.0001). Similar results were found in WOMAC stiffness, physical function, and WOMAC total. The improvement was sustained throughout the observation period. CONCLUSIONS:These results suggest beneficial effects of IA injection of PAAG on knee OA symptoms, even in the long term (1 year). This initial estimation of effectiveness is promising but needs to be confirmed in a randomised study with adequate measures taken to reduce risk of bias.
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Clin Exp Rheumatoljournal_title
Clinical and experimental rheumatologyauthors
Henriksen M,Overgaard A,Hartkopp A,Bliddal Hsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-11-01 00:00:00pages
1082-1085issue
6eissn
0392-856Xissn
1593-098Xpii
12579journal_volume
36pub_type
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
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journal_title：Clinical and experimental rheumatology
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doi：
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