Platelet Rich Plasma ( PRP ) is very popular in the treatment of musculo skeletal pathologies. This ppt gives a brief introduction to platelets and in sights into developing a PRP kit.
5. The global market for PRP
$45 million in 2009
projected worth
> $120 million by 2016
Whyare platelets in the spot light ?
Safe Nonsurgical Biological
treatment
musculo skeletal repair
OA
6. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
• Store house of growth factors
• used in concentrations many times the
normal
• speed up the healing cascade
7. Platelet : biology
• Discoid, 2µ dia
( WBC about 20µ dia, RBC 7µ )
• 7-10 days life span
• Anucleate
• Granulated
dense alpha granules &
lysosomes
1000-3000
during life time
9. the regeneration cascade…
• tissue reparative property of PRP
1,000,000 platelets/μl
• GF’s stabilize damaged tissue during
initial stages of tissue repair
• mesenchymal and epithelial cells migrate
collagen and matrix synthesis
• VEGF and FGF-2, neovascularization
10. Ehrenfest et al. (2009),
• Pure Platelet-Rich Plasma (P-PRP) or leucocyte-poor
PRP
• Leucocyte- and PRP (L-PRP
most commercial systems
• Pure platelet-rich fibrin (P-PRF)
strongly activated gel form
• Leucocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) or
second-generation PRP products
11. Activation of PRP
• PRP activation prior to injection ?
• activated exogenously by thrombin
calcium chloride
mechanical trauma
• Collagen is a natural activator of PRP thus when
PRP is used in soft tissue, it does not need to be
exogenously activated
Marlovits S, Mousavi M, Gabler C, Erdös J, Vécsei V, et al. A newsimplified
technique for producing platelet-rich plasma: A short technical note. Eur Spine
J. 13:102–06.
12. Why not in wide spread
use ?
Cost of kits
Mostly imported
Rs 4500-6000
Problem:
Variable results
Lack of standardisation
…felt need
large scale RCT’s to validate benefits
streamline indications
other components role
13. Literature review…
• The International Cellular Medical Society (ICMS) asserts that a need
exists to create standards for platelet rich plasma (PRP) protocols,
preparations, techniques and tracking
• Available data suggest that PRP may be helpful in enhancing soft-tissue
repair, particularly for tendon and wound healing
Dhillon et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012, 14:219
• a substantial amount of research is needed to bring PRP technologies to
the bedside, as clinical and laboratory findings that indicate its potential
benefits must be followed by comprehensive clinical studies to
demonstrate efficacy
Mikel Sánchez, Isabel Andia, Eduardo Anitua and Pello Sánchez (2012). Platelet Rich
Plasma (PRP) Biotechnology: Concepts and Therapeutic Applications in Orthopedics
and Sports Medicine, Innovations in Biotechnology, Dr. Eddy C. Agbo (Ed.), ISBN: 978-
953-51-0096-6, InTech
14. Platelet Rich Plasma using readily
available materials:
a point-of-care procedure
IOACON2014
15. Aim of study: design a PRP kit
• Consistently concentrate platelets
>1,000,000/µ ltr
• Point-of-care
• Assure sterility
• Low cost
This will facilitate well designed RCT’s and
provide clear cut indications for PRP therapy
16. In a nut shell…
• 2 spin technique
• Soft spin, 1500rpm x 15 mins
• Hard spin, 3500rpm x 7 mins
platelet pellet
Serum &
Platelets
17.
18. Safety profile
• 50 consecutive samples were cultured
No bacterial growth
• This proves the safety of this method.
• On-site preparation of PRP
reduces risk of contamination
during transport
19. PRP was extracted from 144 samples and
the results are shown in Table
Platelet counts in excess of 1million/µ ltr
were obtained in 118 ( 81.9% ) which
validates the methodology .
PRP Count No Of Patients Remarks
8.0 L – 10.0 L 26
10.0 L – 12.0 L 21
12.0 L – 15.0 L 41
15.0 L & Above 56
Total 144
23. Summary: PRP
• Point of care procedure
• Low cost kit
• Sterile
• Optimal platelet concentration
• Can be used as the core technique for
designing RCT’s to evaluate the
rationale for using platelets in
musculo skeletal conditions.