Status:
COMPLETED
Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Therapy to the Pharmacological Treatment in Patients With Chronic Pain in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: a Three Armed Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
35-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy to pharmacological treatment of chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis, as well as for, the improvement o...
Detailed Description
The participants were recruited randomly from the outpatient population at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the General Hospital of Florina from September1, 2007 until February 15, 2008. The study was approv...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- American College of Rheumatology criteria for diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
- Kellgren-Lawrence (radiologic criterion) score of at least 2
- chronic pain in the knee joint for longer than 3 months
Exclusion
- intra-articular corticosteroid or hyaluronate injection during the last 3 months
- corticosteroids
- antiplatelet drugs (apart from acetylsalicylic acid 100mg)
- immunosuppressive drugs
- malignancy of any kind
- psychiatric disease
- stroke
- heart attack
- kidney failure
- active gastric or duodenal ulcer, or gastrorrhagia
- other forms of arthritis
- arthroplasty during the last year
- previous treatment with acupuncture
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01398930
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
July 21 2011
Active Locations (1)
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National and Kapodistrian University Medical School
Athens, Greece, 11527