Efficacy and Safety of Hyaluronan Treatment in Combination Therapy With Home Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

VAS pain improvement from baseline through 12 months. Each point represents the mean VAS pain score ± standard error of the mean (SEM) normalized to the baseline VAS pain score for each treatment group—3-HYL, 3-HYL+HEP, and 5-HYL—at each of 6 follow-up visits through 12 months. Statistical differences noted at the respective time points: *P<.01, comparing 3-HYL+HEP with 3-HYL or 5-HYL; ^†P<.05, comparing 3-HYL+HEP and 5-HYL with 3-HYL; ^‡P<.05, comparing 3-HYL with 5-HYL.

WOMAC pain and function domains from baseline through 12 months. Each point represents the (A) mean WOMAC pain domain score ± SEM or (B) mean WOMAC function domain score ± SEM function for each treatment group—3-HYL, 3-HYL+HEP, and 5-HYL—at each of 6 follow-up visits through 12 months. Statistical differences noted at the respective time points: *P<.01, comparing 3-HYL+HEP with 3-HYL; no significant differences were found between 3-HYL+HEP with 5-HYL or between 5-HYL with 3-HYL at 52 weeks; ^†P<.05, statistically significant improvement at week 52 for the 3-HYL+HEP group versus the 3-HYL group; no significant differences were found between the 3-HYL+HEP and 5-HYL groups, or between the 5-HYL and 3-HYL groups at 52 weeks.