Comparative Study of Intraarticular Erythropoietin and Dextrose in Knee Osteoarthritis
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Conditions
- knee osteoarthritis.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20170910036107N8
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
Inclusion Criteria
patients with 2 and 3 knee osteoarthritis according to Lawrence-Kellgren criteria
knee pain for at least 6 months
ages from 18 to 75 years old
referring to the physical medicine department of Firuzgar and Rasul Akram hospitals.
Exclusion Criteria
absence of any acute or chronic infection
not getting pregnant or not deciding to get pregnant
not performed any intraarticular injection during last 3 months
absence of inflammatory joint diseases or secondary osteoarthritis
not having knee surgery
not having severe underlying diseases such as uncontrolled DM
not taking opioid or non-opioid analgesics
not taking anticoagulants
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS and Womac scores. Timepoint: before injection, 1 month and 3 months after injection. Method of measurement: VAS score is described by the patient and womac score with questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method