Table of contents
- Trial overview
- Study design and groups
- Who can participate
- What is being measured
- Key terms explained
Trial overview
The available trial data describes one phase 2 study of His203-Crm197 in people with inflammatory knee osteoarthritis.[1] The study is authorised and planned to include 204 participants.[1]
The trial title says it is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study that is evaluating the safety and efficacy of PPV-06 active immunotherapy in patients with inflammatory knee osteoarthritis (KOA).[1]
Study design and groups
This study is randomized, which means people are assigned to study groups by chance.[1] It is also double-blind, so the participants and the study team do not know who receives the active treatment and who receives placebo during the trial.[1]
The study is placebo-controlled, so one group receives matching placebo instead of the active study treatment.[1] It is also multicenter, meaning it is carried out at more than one study site.[1]
The intervention list includes PPV-06 given by subcutaneous injection, matching placebo, and Panodil, filmovertrukne tabletter, given by mouth.[1] The trial data provided does not explain the role of Panodil in the study beyond listing it as an intervention.[1]
Who can participate
The study is for participants with knee osteoarthritis.[1] The brief summary says the trial aims to evaluate efficacy in participants with knee OA, which is another way of saying knee osteoarthritis.[1]
The provided trial data does not give the full list of inclusion or exclusion criteria, so it is not possible to say more about who can join from this source alone.[1]
What is being measured
The main outcome measures are changes from the start of the study to Week 54 in the WOMAC pain subscale and the WOMAC physical function subscale.[1] WOMAC is a questionnaire used in osteoarthritis studies to measure pain and how well a person can do daily activities.[1]
The pain subscale includes 5 items, and the physical function subscale includes 17 items.[1] In simple terms, the study wants to see whether treatment changes how much pain people have and how well they can move and carry out everyday tasks.[1]
The trial title also says the study is evaluating safety and efficacy.[1] Safety means checking whether the treatment can be used without causing unacceptable harm, and efficacy means checking whether it works as intended.[1]
Key terms explained
Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that can cause pain and difficulty moving, and this study focuses on the knee.[1] Inflammatory means that inflammation is part of the condition being studied.[1]
Enrollment means the number of people planned for the study, which is 204 here.[1] The study status is authorised, meaning it has been approved to go ahead in the source data provided.[1]



