BMJ Open (Nov 2021)
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of Stem Cell injections for symptomatic relief and strUctural improvement in people with Tibiofemoral knee OsteoaRthritis: protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial (the SCUlpTOR trial)
- Leticia A Deveza,
- Win Min Oo,
- Stefan Lohmander,
- Xia Wang,
- Changhai Ding,
- Felix Eckstein,
- Wolfgang Wirth,
- Anthony Harris,
- Xiaoqian Liu,
- Sarah Robbins,
- Sonika Virk,
- Benny Antony,
- David Humphries,
- Christopher Little,
- James Linklater,
- Gillian Heller,
- Karen Schuck,
- Kirsty Carmichael,
- R O'Connell,
- Thomas Buttel
Affiliations
- Leticia A Deveza
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Win Min Oo
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Stefan Lohmander
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopaedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Xia Wang
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Changhai Ding
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Felix Eckstein
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Wolfgang Wirth
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Anthony Harris
- Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Xiaoqian Liu
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sarah Robbins
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sonika Virk
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Benny Antony
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- David Humphries
- School of Medicine, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania Faculty of Health, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Christopher Little
- Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Labs, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- James Linklater
- Castlereagh Imaging, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Gillian Heller
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Karen Schuck
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Kirsty Carmichael
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- R O'Connell
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Thomas Buttel
- Representative of People with Knee Osteoarthritis, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056382
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 11
Abstract
No abstracts available.