['knee osteoarthritis']
['fasitibant- low dose', 'fasitibant- intermediate dose', 'fasitibant- high dose', 'placebo comparator']

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Male or female patients aged 40 to 80 years with BMI < 30 kg/m²

          -  Patient with Kellgren-Lawrence Grade 2 to 3, symptomatic primary osteoarthritis at the
             index knee (ACR criteria), for which an IA treatment is indicated

          -  Pain of moderate to severe intensity, even if treated with chronic doses of non
             steroidal antinflammatory drugs

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  History of hypersensitivity/allergy to drugs including paracetamol and to
             disinfectants

          -  Any pharmacological treatment of concomitant disease(s) started or changed during 4
             weeks prior to randomisation, or likely to be changed during the course of the study

          -  Use of systemic or topical corticosteroids > 10 mg prednisolone equivalent per day, or
             immunosuppressant drugs

          -  Current use of any pain or OA medication (e.g. NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors, analgesics,
             antidepressive agents), including topical treatments

          -  Viscosupplementation to the target knee administered < 4 months prior to randomisation
             and/or scheduled during the course of the study

          -  Evidence of clinically significant hepatic disease or of moderate or severe renal
             insufficiency

          -  Current use of any medications that are substrate of CYP3A4 and/or moderate or strong
             CYP3A4 inhibitors

          -  Patients with any clinically relevant or unstable disease, or malignant neoplasms
             that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may pose the patient at risk, or confound
             the efficacy and safety results of the study

          -  Patients with any clinically relevant abnormal safety laboratory test results, and/or
             abnormalities in vital signs, and/or ECG parameters

          -  Pregnant and breastfeeding women

          -  Any sign of significant immunodeficiency, systemic infection, knee infection or knee
             bursitis

          -  Patients with bleeding diathesis or on therapy with anticoagulants
      