Efficacy of Training in Manual Preparation of Platelet Rich Plasma

Peterson, Noel, N.D.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Platelet Rich Plasma Production

Treatments: Procedure: Venipuncture

Study type: Interventional

Identifiers

NCT01553955

ManualPRP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a device study in some respects, in that specialized centrifuges are commonly used to make platelet rich plasma, and we are studying the use of standard laboratory equipment to do so. However, it is primarily interventional in that we will evaluate the percentage success of trainees in the concentration of viable platelets to more than 4X baseline using a generic speed centrifuge and a single spin method.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English speaking medical practitioners(N.D., D.O. or M.D.)or their office staff

Exclusion criteria

• History of difficult blood draws

• Platelet count < 150,000

  • Hb < 37%

• History of blood disorder

• History of altered platelet function

• History of chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)