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A one-year, randomised, placebo (saline) controlled clinical trial of 500-730 kDa sodium hyaluronate (Hyalgan) on the radiological change in osteoarthritis of the knee.

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Authors Jubb RW , Piva S , Beinat L , Dacre J , Gishen P
Journal International journal of clinical practice
Year 2003
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The primary objective of this study was to investigate structural changes, as measured by joint space narrowing (JSN), within the knee joint during treatment with intra-articular sodium hyaluronate (HA) of molecular weight 500-730 kDa in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Patients received a weekly intra-articular injection of either 20 mg2/ml HA or a 2 ml vehicle placebo (saline) for three weeks. This course was repeated twice more at four-monthly intervals. Concomitant treatment with analgesics or NSAIDs was allowed. The primary efficacy measure was the reduction in mean joint space width (JSW) of the medial compartment at 52 weeks. A total of 408 patients were randomised and 319 completed the one-year study (HA: n=160, placebo: n=159); 273 of the 319 were included in the primary analysis. Analysis of variance on these 273 patients did not show a statistically significant difference between the two treatment groups. However, there was a significant difference in response to treatment in terms of the baseline JSW (p=0.01), indicating that outcome of treatment may depend on-baseline JSW. Therefore, a subgroup analysis by baseline JSW was conducted. This compared patients with a JSW >4.6 mm with those with a JSW <4.6 mm. In those with radiologically milder disease at baseline and receiving HA, the JSN was significantly reduced compared with placebo (p=0.02). In patients with radiologically more severe disease there was no difference in JSN between the two treatments. Although, in this one-year study, no overall treatment effect was seen, those with radiologically milder disease at baseline had less progression of joint space narrowing when treated with HA.

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Lack of symptomatic and structural efficacy of a new hyaluronic acid (HA) compound (NRD101), when compared to diacerein and placebo in a one-year controlled

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Journal ARTHRITIS AND
Year 2003

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Effects of hyaluronate sodium on pain and physical functioning in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

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Journal Archives of internal medicine
Year 2002
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BACKGROUND: Intra-articular hyaluronate sodium is a relatively new therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. This randomized, double-blind clinical trial was conducted at a large primary care medical center to determine the impact of hyaluronate sodium vs conventional therapy on measures of pain, stiffness, and disability at rest and following functionally relevant walking and stepping activities. METHODS: A total of 120 patients (mean age, 67 years) with unilateral grades 1 to 3 medial compartment knee osteoarthritis were randomized to 1 of 4 treatment groups: group 1, 2 mL of hyaluronate sodium at a concentration of 10 mg/mL and placebo (100 mg of lactose); group 2, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (75 mg of diclofenac and 200 microg of misoprostol) and hyaluronate sodium; group 3, NSAIDs and placebo (2 mL of isotonic sodium chloride solution [saline]); and group 4, placebo (lactose and saline). Intra-articular hyaluronate sodium or saline (2 mL) was administered once weekly over 3 weeks while NSAIDs or lactose were administered twice daily over 12 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Western Ontario McMaster Universities Index (WOMAC) global measure of pain, stiffness, and disability; (2) visual analog scale (VAS) scores for pain at rest and following functional walking and stepping activities (self-paced walking and stepping); and (3) functional performance (exercise time, heart rate, and predicted maximum oxygen uptake) at baseline and weeks 4 and 12. RESULTS: At week 4, significant improvement in WOMAC scores for pain and disability and VAS score for resting pain was observed in groups 1 to 3 compared with baseline measures. Groups 1 and 2 showed significantly lower self-paced stepping pain, while no change was observed in group 4. At week 12, groups 1 to 3 showed significantly greater improvement in WOMAC pain subscale score and VAS score for resting pain; however, these differences did not vary from week 4. Following self-paced walking and stepping, groups 1 and 2 reported significantly less activity pain, while group 1 showed significantly faster self-paced walking and stepping test results. Groups 1 to 3 improved self-paced walking and stepping time at week 12 compared with baseline measures, while predicted maximum oxygen uptake was significantly higher in the hyaluronate sodium groups 1 and 2 at weeks 4 and 12 compared with baseline measures. CONCLUSIONS: For resting pain relief, hyaluronate sodium seems to be as effective as NSAIDs. Further, for pain with physical activity and functional performance, hyaluronate sodium may be superior to placebo alone or NSAIDs alone.

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Intra-articular hyaluronan injections for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study.

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Journal Clinical and experimental rheumatology
Year 2001
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OBJECTIVE: Hyaluronic acid (HA) polymers have been found to be useful as viscosupplements for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) in a number of clinical studies. It appears that HA with high molecular weights (HMW) are more effective than low molecular weight HA polymers. METHODS: A single blind, initial randomized study was conducted involving two randomly selected patient groups, which received injections of either placebo or BioHy, a highly purified HMW HA produced by bacterial fermentation. HA was administered intra-articularly and several functional tests, including pain level, stiffness, and physical function, were used to score efficacy at various intervals throughout the study. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The results through week 20 indicate that BioHy provides relief for osteoarthritic patients without causing adverse effects, although the study was not sufficiently powered to obtain statistically significant differences between the treatment groups.

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Efficacy and safety of intraarticular sodium hyaluronate in knee osteoarthritis. ORTHOVISC Study Group.

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Journal Clinical orthopaedics and related research
Year 2001
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A prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 226 patients with knee osteoarthritis to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraarticular injections of sodium hyaluronate. Patients were randomized to three weekly injections of 30 mg sodium hyaluronate or physiologic saline (control) and were observed for an additional 25 weeks. In comparison with the control group, among patients who completed at least 15 weeks of the study and whose Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index pain score for the contralateral knee was less than 12 at baseline, sodium hyaluronate injection resulted in improvement in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index pain score, patient and investigator global assessments, and pain on standing from Weeks 7 to 27. Fifty-eight percent of patients treated with sodium hyaluronate achieved a 5-unit or greater improvement in mean pain score from Weeks 7 through 27, compared with 40% of control patients. In addition, nearly twice as many patients treated with sodium hyaluronate as with saline (30% versus 17%, respectively) achieved a net improvement of at least 7 units. In contrast to treatment with saline, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index pain score for the contralateral knee was inversely related to the magnitude of improvement after treatment with sodium hyaluronate. Few side effects were attributed to treatment, and no differences between treatment groups were seen in this respect (sodium hyaluronate, nine [8%]; saline, 11 [10%]). The incidence of injection site reactions was low (sodium hyaluronate, 1.2 %; saline, 1.5%). The results indicate that sodium hyaluronate treatment is well tolerated and produces statistically and clinically significant improvement of symptoms in patients with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis in whom pain in the contralateral knee is relatively modest.

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Intraarticular sodium hyaluronate (Hyalgan) in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized clinical trial. Hyalgan Study Group.

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Authors Altman RD , Moskowitz R
Journal The Journal of rheumatology
Year 1999
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OBJECTIVE: To determine efficacy and safety of intraarticular (IA) hyaluronic acid (HA; Hyalgan) versus placebo and a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHOD: A series of 5 weekly IA injections of HA (20 mg each) was compared to placebo or oral naproxen in a 26 week, double blind, masked observer, multicenter trial of 495 patients with idiopathic OA. Acetaminophen was permitted for escape analgesia. The primary measurement was pain experienced on a 50 foot walk test for those completing the study (completers) as measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS). Also measured were the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index (pain, stiffness, function) and categorical assessments of pain. RESULTS: Patients receiving HA improved more with respect to pain on the 50 foot walk compared to placebo at Week 26 (HA vs placebo difference 8.8 mm; p < 0.005); 56% of HA treated patients compared to 41 % of placebo treated patients had > or = 20 mm reduction in the VAS from Week 5 continuously through Week 26 (p=0.031). At 26 weeks, more HA treated patients (47.6%) had slight pain or were pain-free in contrast to placebo treated (33.1%; p=0.039) or naproxen treated (36.9%; p=0.22) [corrected] patients. Improvement in secondary outcome variables was generally superior in the HA group compared to those receiving placebo and was significantly better at Week 26 with respect to the WOMAC pain (p=0.041) and WOMAC physical function (p=0.047) subscales. The HA group also tended to have better results relative to the naproxen group in both primary and secondary assessments. For all randomized patients, there was a > or = 20 mm improvement in pain experienced on the 50 foot walk in 28% [corrected] of placebo treated patients vs 36% [corrected] of the HA treated patients (p=0.127; 67% of patients completed the trial). Injection site pain, more commonly reported in the HA group (38/164=23%) than in the placebo group (22/168=13%; p < 0.001), resulted in withdrawal in 6 patients (4%). One withdrawal was associated with the HA injection (< 1%). Gastrointestinal adverse events were significantly more common in the naproxen group than the HA or the placebo groups and 14 naproxen treated patients (8.3%) discontinued prematurely due to these events. CONCLUSION: This large, controlled randomized clinical trial confirms that 5 weekly IA injections of HA (Hyalgan) in patients with OA of the knee are generally well tolerated, provide sustained relief of pain and improved patient function, and were at least as effective with fewer adverse reactions as continuous treatment with naproxen for 26 weeks.

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Hyaluronic acid in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.

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Authors Huskisson EC , Donnelly S
Journal Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
Year 1999
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OBJECTIVES: We examined the efficacy, safety and patient satisfaction of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. METHODS: One hundred patients with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee entered a randomized blind-observer trial of 6 months HA vs placebo. Primary efficacy criteria were pain on walking, measured with a visual analogue scale, and the Lequesne Index. RESULTS: For pain on walking, a significant difference in favour of HA was found for completed patients at week 5, the end of the course of injections, and at month 6, the end of the study (P = 0.0087 and P = 0.0049, respectively). Further analysis using the Last Observation Carried Forward (LOCF) also showed a significant benefit favouring HA at month 6 (P = 0.0010). For the Lequesne Index, a significant difference in favour of HA was found at week 5 (P = 0.030) and at month 2 (P = 0.0431), but this was only of borderline significance at month 4 (P = 0.0528). Patients' global assessment of efficacy favoured HA at month 6 (P = 0.012). Improvement in other secondary criteria was generally superior in the HA group compared to placebo both at week 5 and month 6. Adverse events, mainly local injection site reactions, occurred in both groups with equal frequency. CONCLUSIONS: The study demonstrated that five weekly intra-articular injections of sodium hyaluronate (Hyalgan) were superior to placebo and well tolerated in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee with a symptomatic benefit which persisted for 6 months.

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Beks, P, Wobig M

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High molecular weight sodium hyaluronate (hyalectin) in osteoarthritis of the knee: a 1 year placebo-controlled trial.

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Authors Dougados M , Nguyen M , Listrat V , Amor B
Journal Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society
Year 1996
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Hyaluronic acid is a natural component of cartilage and is considered not only as a lubricant in joints but also as playing a physiological role in the trophic status of cartilage. Hyalectin, a selected fraction of hyaluronic acid extracted from cocks' combs, has exhibited efficacy in animal models of osteoarthritis. To assess the efficacy and tolerability of intra-articular injections of hyalectin, we conducted a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 1 years' duration in 110 patients with painful hydarthrodial osteoarthritis of the knee. At entry and once a week for 3 weeks, aspiration of the knee effusion and intra-articular injections of either hyalectin 20 mg (H) or its vehicle (C) were performed. The vehicle acted as the control treatment. Four weeks after the last injection, the improvement was greater in the H group compared with the C group (pain: -35.5 +/- 26.4 mm vs -25.8 +/- 21.4, P = 0.03, Lequesne's functional index: -3.8 +/- 4.3 vs -2.3 +/- 3.3, P = 0.03). During the 1 year follow-up, the need to perform supplementary local therapies (joint fluid aspiration because of painful hydarthrodial episodes and/or local corticosteroid injections) was more frequent in group C (44% vs 30%, P = 0.03). Moreover, at the final visit, the physician's overall assessment of efficacy was in favor of H (77% vs 54%, P = 0.01) and the improvement in the functional index was greater in group H (-4.4 +/- 5.1 vs -2.7 +/- 4.1, P = 0.05). This study suggests that intra-articular injections of hyalectin may (1) improve clinical condition and (2) have a long-term beneficial effect in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.