Changes in Cytokine Levels After Dextrose Injection in Stage IV Knee Osteoarthritis

Summary

Twenty participants with severe arthritis will be enrolled. For the first week participants will either be injected with dextrose or just have fluid withdrawn for testing. The remaining participants will be given dextrose injection at the end of the week. After one week dextrose injections will be given at one, two, three, four, five, and six months. Fluid will be withdrawn from the knee at time zero, one week, and three months. The hypothesis is that dextrose injection will cause a change in proteins in the knee consistent with improved repair signals, along with improving knee pain and function. .

Timeline

Start

2018-08-01

Primary completion

2021-11-23

Completion

2021-11-23

Publications

• Background Sit RW, Chung VCh, Reeves KD, Rabago D, Chan KK, Chan DC, Wu X, Ho RS, Wong SY. Hypertonic dextrose injections (prolotherapy) in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2016 May 5;6:25247. doi: 10.1038/srep25247.
• Background Topol GA, Podesta LA, Reeves KD, Giraldo MM, Johnson LL, Grasso R, Jamin A, Clark T, Rabago D. Chondrogenic Effect of Intra-articular Hypertonic-Dextrose (Prolotherapy) in Severe Knee Osteoarthritis. PM R. 2016 Nov;8(11):1072-1082. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.03.008. Epub 2016 Apr 4.

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