CTRI/2014/05/004589
Completed
Phase 2
A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled feasibility study evaluating individualized homeopathy in managing pain of knee osteoarthritis
Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College Hospital Government of West Bengal0 sites60 target enrollmentTBD
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M17- Osteoarthritis of knee
- Sponsor
- Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College Hospital Government of West Bengal
- Enrollment
- 60
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •a)Age between 51\-86 years
- •b)Both sexes
- •c)Clinically diagnosed cases of knee osteoarthritis, as per American
- •College of Rheumatology criteria, suffering from acute painful episodes of the condition; with or without involvement of other joint(s); with or without imaging and/or other investigational
- •d)Patients already undergoing regular oral/topical
- •analgesics/NSAIDs therapy for acute inflammatory episodes of osteoarthritis, provided the medications are stopped completely; patients on life\-saving conventional drug therapies, e.g.
- •anti\-diabetics, anti\-hypertensives, thyroid drugs etc. for co\-morbidities under control, will be continued
Exclusion Criteria
- •a)Severe degeneration of knee joint with marked joint narrowing,varus, or valgus deformity of knee ( \> 12Ã?°); evidenced by imaging or other evidences and requiring surgical intervention
- •b)Non\-ambulant patients
- •c)Self\-reported joint disorders (e.g. inflammatory joint disease,specific arthropathy, severe axis deviations or instabilities, joint or skin infections, joint prostheses of the lower limbs) other than osteoarthritis
- •d)Intra\-articular injections within 2 weeks prior to study entry
- •e)Uncontrolled, unevaluated and/or complicated diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and other co\-morbidities
- •f)Cases with other systemic unevaluated or uncontrolled diseases like cardiovascular, renal, gastro\-intestinal, endocrinal, gynecological
- •diseases etc. or systemic infections affecting quality of life or on other treatment therapies
- •g)Psychiatric illness
- •h)Patients with any vital organ failure
- •i)Recent significant knee surgery within last 6 months
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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