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Safety and Efficacy of Intra-articular Ozone Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Osteoarthritis Knee
Interventions
Device: Ozone gas
Drug: Steroid injection
Registration Number
NCT02833545
Lead Sponsor
Rabin Medical Center
Brief Summary

Prospective, Interventional, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Single Group Assignment, Single Center.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • 55 to 79 years of age
  • Symptomatic Knee osteoarthritis
  • VAS pain intensity is at least 40 mm on a 100 mm scale
  • Must be physically and mentally willing and able to comply with post-operative rehabilitation and routinely schedule clinical and radiographic visits.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any known tumor of the ipsilateral knee.
  • Any known infection of the treated knee.
  • Osteoarthritis of the operated knee Kelgren Lawrence < grade 2.
  • Chemotherapy treatment in the past 12 months.
  • Patients who are sensitive to ozone.
  • Pregnant women, or breastfeeding women.
  • Evidence of any significant systemic disease (such as but not limited to HIV infection, hepatitis infection or HTLV infection), known coagulopathies, that might compromise the Subject's welfare.
  • Substance abuse or alcohol abuse.
  • Participation in other clinical trials in parallel to this study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SEQUENTIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
OZONEOzone gasinjection of ozone gas
controlSteroid injectioninjeciton of steroids intra articularly
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement in VAS Pain intensity6 months

The outcome measure will be measured according to patient response to the question: during the last week what was your average pain intensity. The response will be measured in millimeters as marked on a 10 cm long line. No pain equals 0 mm and maximal possible pain equals 100mm

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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