Although osteoarthritis is receiving more attention in both the research and clinical arenas than ever, all that attention has yet to result in disease-altering treatments, according to experts.

“We have got an aging population and OA is on the rise,” Nancy E. Lane, MD, director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Health and endowed professor of medicine and rheumatology at the University of California, Davis Health System, told Healio. “But as far as treatments go, we still really only have NSAIDs and mild analgesics that can help with the pain and improve function in the short term. The end stage for most patients with OA of the hip or knee is replacement.”

The reason for that is simple, according to Lane.

“When it comes to the root cause of OA, of slowing the progression of the dis

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