drugset / Trial / NCT00758641

Platelet Rich Plasma to Treat Plantar Fasciitis

NCT00758641

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

Rationale: The standard treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis is corticosteroid injections. Corticosteroid injection give temporarily pain reduction, but no healing. Blood platelets initiate the natural healing rate. GPS ® gives an eightfold concentrate platelets of patients own blood. Injection of these platelets in the tendon might induce a healing rate. Objective: To compare the efficacy of autologous platelet concentrate injections with corticosteroid injection in patients suffering from plantar fasciitis with respect to pain and function.

Timeline

Start
2009-09
Primary completion
2016-01
Completion
2016-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator triamcinolonacetonide Unknown 40 mg/ml

Indications