Role of Homoeopathy in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis of knee,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/05/042889
- Lead Sponsor
- Bakson Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Title of the topic
Usefulness of Individualized Homoeopathic Medicines and Pre defined Lesser Used Remedies in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis A Prospective Comparative Study
Aim
To evaluate comparative usefulness of Individualized Homoeopathic Medicines and Pre defined Lesser Used Remedies in the management of Knee Osteoarthritis
Objective
To compare the usefulness of both groups using Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score KOOS that incorporates pain and symptom severity physical function and quality of life elements
Sample size will be 78 to be equally distributed into 2 groups
The 2 groups are
Group A Individualized Homoeopathic Medicines would be prescribed (n=39)
Group B Pre defined Lesser Used Remedies would be prescribed (n=39)
Randomization will be done using an online computer generated randomization tool Research Randomizer
Evaluation will be done based on KOOS Score.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 78
1 Patient with age group of 35-69 years 2 Patients of primary stage knee osteoarthritis will be included 3 Diagnosed cases of knee osteoarthritis 4 Cases which are under the domain of American College of rheumatology (ACR) criteria, supported by X-ray as tool for investigation in case of undiagnosed cases 5 Patients with Knee OA grade 0 to grade III 6 Patient with known but controlled Systemic diseases are eligible for study 7 Patient taking prior oral or topical analgesics will be enrolled after wash out period of 5 days.
1 History of knee injury 2 Cases of Knee OA of grade 4 3 Pregnant and Lactating women 4 Severe degeneration of knee joints with marked joint varus or valgus deformity of knee evidence by imaging and requiring surgical intervention 5 Non – ambulatory patients 6 Patients with transplanted knees 7 Recent significant knee surgery within last 6 months 8 Alcohol and /or drug addiction or dependence 9 Patient on Intra- articular injection 10 Self reported joint disorder other than OA.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in KOOS Score. 5 months for enrollment | 6 months for treatment and follow ups | 1 month for data analysis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicable nil
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Bakson Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
🇮🇳Nagar, UTTAR PRADESH, India
Dr D P Rastogi Central Research Institute of Homoeopathy
🇮🇳Nagar, UTTAR PRADESH, India
Bakson Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital🇮🇳Nagar, UTTAR PRADESH, IndiaMeghna BisariaPrincipal investigator7500516414meghnabisaria94@gmail.com