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Clinical trialNCT01230424CompletedPhase 4Interventional

Effect of Steroid Injections in a Knee With Osteoarthritis

SponsorTufts Medical CenterEnrollment140Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee
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Summary

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A steroid (triamcinolone) 40 mg will be compared to placebo in a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the effect of this steroid versus placebo given into the study knee joint that has osteoarthritis (OA). The knee injection will be given once every 12 weeks over two years for a total of eight knee injections. How well each participant tolerates each injection and all the injections over time will be assessed. The safety of getting a knee injection every 12 weeks will be assessed by collecting reported adverse effects, knee examinations, and clinical laboratory tests. Participants will complete questionnaires, X-ray, MRIs, and bone density tests as part of this study.
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Investigators

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Tufts Medical Center / Division of Rheumatology

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection as PlaceboTriamcinolone →
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Mar 2011
Primary completion
31 Jan 2015
Completion
31 Jan 2015
Last update posted
31 Jul 2017
Registered enrollment
140
Registry id
NCT01230424
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.