Rationale: The standard treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis is corticosteroid injections.
Corticosteroid injection give temporarily pain reduction, but no healing. Blood platelets
initiate the natural healing rate. GPS ® gives an eightfold concentrate platelets of patients
own blood. Injection of these platelets in the tendon might induce a healing rate.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of autologous platelet concentrate injections with
corticosteroid injection in patients suffering from plantar fasciitis with respect to pain
and function.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Biomet, Inc. Zimmer Biomet
Collaborators:
Biomet Nederland BV Diaconessenhuis Leiden Netherlands Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis