Status:
COMPLETED
THERMARTHROSE: Gonarthrosis and Water Cure
Lead Sponsor:
Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of a thermal treatment on gonarthrosis, with an increase of the number of patients presenting a clinically significant improvemen...
Detailed Description
Gonarthrosis is a frequent pathology and the prevalence increase with age (prevalence: 6,1% in an adult population more than 30 years old and 40% after 75 years). It has a large impact on the quotidia...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ACR criteria: knee pain and one of the tree following conditions: Age \> 50 years, Morning stiffness\< 30 minutes and articular crackling.
- osteophytes visible on knee radiography.
- knee radiography less than 3 years old: face, schuss, axial of kneecap cliché.
- Actual gonarthrosis intensity on Visual Analogic Scale \> or = 30mm.
Exclusion
- arthrosis limited to the femoro-patellar compartments.
- severe depressive syndrome, psychosis.
- Thermal cure less than 6 month before.
- Contra-indication or predictable inability to tolerate thermal cure.
- Profession lied to hydrotherapy.
- previous knee treatments:
- massage, physiotherapy and acupuncture since less than 1 month;
- infiltration since less than 3 months;
- NSAI since less than 5 days;
- analgesic since less than 12 hours;
- modification in the medicinal anti-arthrosis treatment since less than 3 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
462 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00348777
Start Date
June 1 2006
End Date
January 1 2008
Last Update
June 22 2011
Active Locations (3)
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1
Cabinet médical
Balaruc-les-Bains, France, 34540
2
Cabinet Médical
Chambéry, France, 73000
3
Hôpital thermal
Dax, France, 40107