Status:
UNKNOWN
Ultrasound Examination of Inguinal Lymph Node Used to Evaluate the Effect of Acupuncture on Knee Osteoarthritis
Lead Sponsor:
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a major public health problem among the elderly and is associated with considerable disability. Previous studies on the pathogenesis of this disease mainly focus on cartil...
Detailed Description
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a major public health problem among the elderly and is associated with considerable disability.Under normal circumstances, synovial fluid in the knee joint cavity is absor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who meet the western medicine diagnostic criteria of knee osteoarthritis;
- Aged between 50 and 75 years;
- Patients in line with the 0-III level of radiological classification for knee osteoarthritis degeneration;
- Patients who did not use glucocorticoid via oral administration or intramuscular, articular, or soft tissue injection four weeks before accepting the test agent;
- Normal line of force;
- Patients who signed the informed consent and ensured the compliance.
Exclusion
- Patients with long-term oral administration of agents for knee osteoarthritis, and still in the drug effect period, without elution;
- Patients with severe heart, brain, liver, kidney or lung dysfunction;
- Patients with other knee diseases found in arthroscopic surgery;
- Patients who have accepted other relevant treatments, which may affect the observation on the effects of this study;
- Patients with mental illness;
- Patients with coagulation dysfunction;
- Patients with articular surgical treatment;
- Patients with a history of abuse of opioid analgesics, sedative hypnotics or alcohol;
- Patients with poor compliance, who were unable to meet the requirements for follow-up.
- Pregnant and lactating women.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
122 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04503941
Start Date
June 1 2021
End Date
May 1 2025
Last Update
April 18 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200032