Clinical trial NCT04321668: Innovative Tool to Analyse Synovial Fluid of Patients With Knee Ostearthritis After IA Injection of Synvisc-one®
Official title: A Proof of Concept Study in Patients Suffering of Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) and Receiving Intra-articular (IA) Injection of Synvisc-one® to Assess the Clinical Pertinence of a New Analytical Tool of Synovial Fluid
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis
Intra-Articular Injection
Keywords: Osteoarthritis
food supplement
SYNVISC
Synovial Fluid analysis
Lead sponsor: Pulsalys
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Artialis
First posted: 2020-03-25
Enrollment: 13
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Proof of Concept (PoC), monocentric, non-comparative, interventional trial
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The objective of this trial is to assess the clinical pertinence of an innovative analytical tool (SYNODIAG) to analyze the Synovial Fluid (SF) composition and guide the patient treatment in a Proof of Concept (PoC) study using OA patients receiving IA injection of SYNVISC ONE®.

Detailed description: In a recent study on animal model (results not yet published), the use of drop deposition combined to Raman spectroscopy provided for the first time the Raman spectral signature of healthy SF. Tribological analysis of simple dried drops of SF showed the potentiality to observe physical and chemical changes due to OA process. HA concentration was correlated with the dried drop area and the increase of protein content was correlated with the height of the peripheral rim. Spectral acquisitions detailed/specified these observations as degradation of cartilage and bone tissues was measured using specific Raman band ratios. These results suggested that DDRS could be an innovative tool in OA clinical research. In this context, the Sponsor would like to assess the clinical pertinence of this innovative analytical tool in a PoC study using OA patients receiving IA injection of SYNVISC ONE®.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male or female ≥ 40 years of age with BMI ≤ 35 kg/m2
* Femorotibial knee OA (Uni- or bilateral):

  * Responding to clinical and radiological criteria of American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
  * Symptomatic for more than 6 months in the most painful knee
* Moderate-to-severe knee pain: knee pain score evaluated on VAS (0-100) ≥ 40 over the last month at the inclusion visit (the most painful knee is considered)
* Eligible for knee viscosupplementation using SYNVISC-ONE®
* Knee swelling justifying SF aspiration at baseline - Able to follow the instructions of the study
* Having signed an informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Related to the OA pathology

   * Recent macro-trauma (\< 6 months) of the knee responsible of the symptomatic knee. Micro-trauma are allowed according the Investigator's discretion
   * Concurrent articular disease interfering with the evaluation of OA and/or pain such as but not limited to articular dysplasia, aseptic osteonecrosis, acromegaly, Paget's disease, hemophilia, hemochromatosis, chondromatosis, villonodular synovitis of the knee, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, infectious arthritis, radiculalgia in the lower limbs, arteritis, chondrocalcinosis x-rays diagnosed and Calcium PyroPhosphate Dihydrate crystal deposition disease (CPPD)
   * Hemarthrosis
   * Prosthesis in the target knee
2. Related to treatment

   * Corticosteroids injection in the target knee in the last 3 months before injection (excepted for low dose injection following SF aspiration at V1 as recommended by standard treatment guidelines)
   * Hyaluronan injection in the target knee in the last 6 months before injection
   * Arthroscopy in the last 3 months before injection
   * Oral corticotherapy ≥ 5mg/day (in Prednisolone equivalent) in the last 3 months before injection
   * Change in the dosage regimen of symptomatic slow-acting drugs for osteoarthritis (SYSADOA) or dietary supplement, i.e., curcuma extract, chondroitin, glucosamine, diacerein or avocado-soya unsaponifiables in the last 3 months before injection
   * An anticipated need for any forbidden OA treatments during the trial
   * Contraindications to SYNVISC-ONE®: hypersensitivity or allergy to the product components and infections or skin diseases in the area of the injection site
   * Anticoagulant anti-vitamin K (such as coumarinic) before injection
3. Related to associated diseases

   * Severe and uncontrolled diseases (type I diabetes, liver failure, renal failure, lung/heart disease, progressive malignant neoplasia or in remission for less than 5 years, HIV)
   * Malignancy or history of malignancy, or other major disease (e.g., systemic fungal infection) or other severe uncontrolled conditions (e.g., drug or alcohol abuse), that are significant and/or that may pose a health risk to the subject in the study or may have an impact on the study assessments
   * High risk of hemorrhage and risk of infection at the site of injection
   * Anticipated need for any surgical or other invasive procedure during the trial including prosthesis in the target knee
4. Related to patients

   * Close collaborators to the Sponsor, the study coordinator or the Investigator
   * Participation in a clinical trial in the last 3 months before injection
   * Patient under guardianship or judicial protection
   * Pregnancy, breastfeeding, planned conception, or premenopausal women without effective contraception (pill, patch, ring, diaphragm, implant and intrauterine device), tubal ligation or hysterectomy
5. Related to MRI counter-indication

   * Risk groups for MRI scanning due to magnetic field: metal in body: pacemaker/AICD/ICD (coronary defibrillator), nervus vagus stimulator, artificial heart valve (depending on type), metal clips on cerebral arteries or veins, metal particles in eye, port-a-cath, metal stents, hydrocephalic pump/insuline pump, metal implants; f/e screws, prostheses, piercings
   * Claustrophobia or serious mobility problem (uncontrolled Parkinson, tremors)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Detection of variation of the composition of Synovial Fluid after hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation in Osteoarthritis patients receiving SYNVISC-ONE® injection
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Detection of Synovial fluid tribological properties through interferometry
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Detection of Synovial fluid molecular structural and chemical changes using a Raman confocal microscope
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Detection of dried drops physicochemical index
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Variation of Visual Analogue Scale for the mean knee pain at rest and while walking over the last month
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Variation of Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score using a self-administered questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Variation of Visual Analogue Scale for patient global assessment of disease activity
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Determination of Semi-quantitative Whole ORgan Magnetic Imaging Score score of the joint
timeFrame: At baseline visit (T0)
measure: Responder rate to treatment defined as changes in knee pain and/or knee function and/or patients disease activity according to OMERACT OARSI criteria
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
measure: Tolerance to the product
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
Other outcomes:
measure: Correlation at each timepoint between Synovial fluid composition and osteoarthritis biological markers (optional)
timeFrame: 6 months (between T0 and T6 visit)
Locations:
city: Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
country: Belgium
facility: Centre Medical Chant d'Oiseau
state: Bruxelles
city: Auderghem
country: Belgium
facility: Hopital Delta, CHIREC
city: Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
country: Belgium
facility: Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc - UCL
Study officials:
affiliation: Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc UCL
name: Jean-Emile Dubuc, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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