# A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Somatropin in the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy

> **NCT02597660** · PHASE2 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Hospital for Special Surgery, New York**

## Conditions studied

- Tendinopathy

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Somatropin
- **DRUG:** Bacteriostatic saline
- **OTHER:** Progressive exercise program
- **PROCEDURE:** Patellar tendon biopsy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02597660
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2020-05-01
- **Primary completion:** 2020-12-01
- **Final completion:** 2020-12-01
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** PI decided not to enroll
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02597660

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02597660, "A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Somatropin in the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02597660. Licensed CC0.

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