Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Radio Frequency for Chronic Knee Arthritis

Pain, Chronic Clinical Trial

Official title:

Efficacy of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Intra-Articular Platelet Rich Plasma in Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis; a Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03886142
• Other study ID #: IRB00009923
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 27, 2018
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects aged above 45 years. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 30 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• osteoarthritis knee

Exclusion Criteria:

• coaguloapthy

• patient refusal

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis
• Chronic Pain
• Osteo Arthritis Knee
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Knee
• Pain, Chronic

Intervention

Procedure:
• radiofrequency
radiofrequency of the genicular nerves
• platelet rich plasma injection
intra articular injection of platelet rich plasma

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Emad Zarief Kamel Said	Assiut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pain visual analog scale	assessment of visual analog scale (VAS) VAS of zero means no pain, and 10 means sever pain	12 months