Although the study did have control subjects, it’s not clear at this point whether very early OA was being assessed, Dr. Spil suggested. “We did not have the opportunity to ask about the OA characteristics. I think they had radiographic OA, but we don’t know the grade and we were not informed about the clinical situation, so we don’t know if anyone had pain, for example.”
Mr. Tiulpin did not have any conflicts of interest to disclose.
SOURCE: Tiulpin A et al. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2018;26(1):S40–S41.