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Efficacy and Safety of Chuna Manual Treatment as an Adjunctive Therapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Study Protocol for a Single-Center, Randomized, Assessor Blind, Parallel-Group Clinical Trial

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Total Knee Replacement
Manipulation
Interventions
Drug: Usual care(Celecoxib and esomeprazole)
Procedure: Chuna + Usual care(Celecoxib and esomeprazole)
Registration Number
NCT03625050
Lead Sponsor
Gachon University Gil Oriental Medical Hospital
Brief Summary

Evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chuna treatment as an adjunctive therapy in patients with moderate pain following total knee replacement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
22
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with NRS of knee pain ≥4 during the 7 days after 3 months total knee replacement
  • Patients who have agreed to trial participation and provided written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Those who have been diagnosed with certain serious diseases that can cause knee pain. : tumor, infectious or inflammatory disease, etc.
  • Those taking analgesics for the purpose of relieving pain, fever and inflammation within 7 days
  • Those with progressive neurological deficits or with severe neurological symptoms
  • Those who have other chronic conditions that may interfere with the interpretation of treatment effects or outcomes : Cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy, etc.
  • Those who are not fit or unsafe to chuna therapy: clotting disorders, Those receiving anticoagulant therapy, Severe diabetes patients who are at risk of infection, severe cardiovascular disease
  • Those who are participating in other clinical trials
  • Those who have a history of participating in other clinical trials within one month
  • Those who are difficult to write a research consent form
  • Those who are judged to be inappropriate for the clinical study by the researchers.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Usual careUsual care(Celecoxib and esomeprazole)-
Chuna + Usual careChuna + Usual care(Celecoxib and esomeprazole)-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline K-WOMAC score at week 4Week 0, Week 4

Assess the recovery of knee function

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline K-WOMAC score at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8

Assess the recovery of knee function

Change from baseline EQ-5D score at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8

EQ-5D is a tool developed for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment, and is widely used in the health care sector. Scores range from -1, 'health worse than death' to 1, 'perfect health'. EQ-5D-5L has 5 dimensions covering current health status and functionality: mobility (M), self care (SC), usual activities (UA), pain/discomfort (PD), and anxiety/depression (AD), to be rated out of 5 grades (1, no problem; 2, slight problem; 3, some/moderate problem; 4, severe problem; 5, extreme problem).

Change from baseline in Range of motion score at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8

Compare flexion and extension angle using long arm goniometer between experimental and comparator group

Change from baseline Numeric rating scale score at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8

In pain measurement using NRS, patients are asked to rate their pain by selecting a number from 0 to 10 that best represents their pain severity between the anchors of 0 which indicates 'no pain', and 10 which indicates 'worst pain possible'.

Change from baseline in Timed Up and Go Test at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12

a functional test evaluating the time to rise from a chair, walk 3 meters, turn around, walk back to the chair and sit down (abnormal cut-off value \>12 seconds).

Difference between the EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) at each timepoint and baseline, respectivelyWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8

EQ-VAS uses a vertical 10cm line labeled at each end with scale anchors. EQ-VAS is used to indicate the patient's health state and patients are asked to mark a point that represents their health state between the anchors of 'worst health state' and 'best health state imaginable'. Scores are recorded in millimeters with a total range of 0-100 millimeters.

Change from baseline in Alternative-Step Test at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12

a functional test measuring clinical balance performance, and it has been shown to predict fall risk among elderly subjects (seconds)

Change from baseline in Physical Condition related with mobility at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12

mobility (5 meters walking test at comfortable speed - 5mWT) (meters/second)

Change from baseline in Physical Condition related with endurance at every visitWeek 0, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12

endurance (Sit-to-stand test - STS) (seconds)

Cost per QALY(Quality Adjusted Life Years) gainedWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12

The quality of life estimation for QALY calculation will use the quality of life derived from EQ-5D as the main evaluation variable, and the calculation method is using Area under the curve method

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary'S Hospita

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Incheon, Korea, Republic of

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