Status:
COMPLETED
Osteopuncture for Osteoarthritis-Associated Knee Pain & Disability
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and duration of treatment response of periosteal electro-acupuncture (osteopuncture) for osteoarthritis (OA)-associated chro...
Detailed Description
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is painful in 6.8% of men and 11.4% of women age 63-93, with over 20 million Americans affected nationwide, and may lead to a variety of untoward consequences including limita...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Radiographic evidence of knee OA on a standing AP X-ray
- Bilateral knee pain for at least 3 months with pain of at least moderate intensity every day or almost every day
Exclusion
- Non-ambulatory, or severely impaired mobility (i.e., require the use of a walker)
- Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination score of less than 24
- Severe visual or hearing impairment
- Knee pain due to factors other than OA, e.g. rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis, gout, pseudogout, metastatic cancer
- Significant pain in parts of the body other than the knee or acute knee pain
- A large knee effusion or severe mechanical instability of the knee
- History of corticosteroid injection in the affected knee(s) during the preceding 3 months
- History of hyaluronic acid injection in the affected knee(s) during the preceding 3 months
- Acute or terminal illness
- Immune suppression
- Anticoagulation therapy
- Presence of a pacemaker
- Prior acupuncture treatment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
August 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
88 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00417313
Start Date
October 1 2004
End Date
August 1 2006
Last Update
January 1 2007
Active Locations (1)
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Pain Evaluattion and Treatment Institute, Research Department
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15206