Effect of Laser Puncture on Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Interventions: Procedure: Control; Device: Laser

• Registration Number: NCT04684693
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Studying the effect of laser puncture on rheumatoid arthritis patients

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-12
• Study First Submitted: 2020-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-23
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-24
• Study Start: 2020-12-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-05
• Primary Completion: 2021-01-20
• Study Completion: 2021-01-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Meeting the criteria of ACR classification for rheumatoid arthritis
• Meeting the criteria of EULAR classification for rheumatoid arthritis

Exclusion Criteria

• Having malignancy
• Having connective tissue disease
• Smokers

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group	Control	-
Laser Group	Laser	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HAQ (Change)	Pre-intervention, 4 weeks	Health Assessment questionnaire
CRP (Change)	Pre-intervention, 4 weeks	Analysis of serum C-reactive protein
RAQoL (Change)	Pre-intervention, 4 weeks	Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life
IL-6 (Change)	Pre-intervention, 4 weeks	Plasma interleukin-6 inflammatory markers
ATP (Change)	Pre-intervention, 4 weeks	Plasma ATP concentration anti-oxidant marker
MDA (Change)	Pre-intervention, 4 weeks	plasma malondialdehyde oxidative marker

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M. Sedky; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt