Comparison of the clinical effectiveness of activated and non-activated platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis : a systematic review and meta-analysis

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INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has shown to be clinically effective in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Notwithstanding, some inconsistences remain due to methodological differences in PRP preparation such as the use (or not) of activation strategies. We aimed to evaluate whether the use of non-activated PRP would be as effective as activated PRP in patients with knee OA.

METHOD: All randomized, placebo-controlled trials were identified through a search in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science up to June 2022. Pre- and post-injection pain and function scores were collected. The meta-analysis was conducted with a random-effects model and generic inverse variance method. Effect sizes were estimated using standardized mean differences (SMD).

RESULTS: Fourteen clinical trials involving 1292 subjects were included for meta-analysis. Exogenous activation of PRP revealed a significant pain relief (SMD, - 1.05 [95% CI - 1.58 to - 0.52]; p = 0.0001) and a significant functional improvement (SMD, - 1.21 [95% CI - 1.75 to - 0.67]; p < 0.0001) unlike studies describing the use of a non-activated PRP. The sensitivity analysis indicated that the effect size for both outcomes was not influenced by a single study.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this systematic review suggest that the use of an exogenously activated PRP is more effective in improving both pain and functional scores in patients with knee OA. Key Points • Results from meta-analysis suggest that exogenously activated PRP is clinically more effective than non-activated PRP. • The use of an activated PRP was more frequently reported by the included studies. • The most frequent method for activation was the use of calcium chloride (CaCl2).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Clinical rheumatology - 42(2023), 5 vom: 11. Mai, Seite 1397-1408

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Simental-Mendía, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Ortega-Mata, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Tamez-Mata, Yadira [VerfasserIn]
Olivo, Carlos A Acosta [VerfasserIn]
Vilchez-Cavazos, Félix [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9004-61-9
Calcium chloride
Hyaluronic Acid
Journal Article
Knee osteoarthritis
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Pain
Platelet-rich plasma
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Thrombin

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Date Completed 17.04.2023

Date Revised 17.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10067-022-06463-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35014642X