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Effect of Osteoarthritis Drugs on inflammatory markers and its relation with Clinical Outcome

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M179- Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/04/051950
Lead Sponsor
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Clinically and radiologically confirmed diagnosed cases of osteoarthritis as defined

by ACR criteria

Exclusion Criteria

1. Coexisting acute illness.

2. Person should not have taken anti-inflammatory drugs for more than 7 days in the

past 4 weeks or on any day during the period of 5 days just before starting the trial.

3. On corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs.

4. Any acute injury or recent surgery (past 3 month).

5. History of intra-articular injection in the knee in past 6 months.

6. Pregnancy and lactation

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
primary: <br/ ><br>To study the effect of DMOAD (Diacerein) in OA knee patient by assessing the pre treatment and post treatment change in: <br/ ><br>� levels of inflammatory markers (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α) <br/ ><br>� KOOS and VAS score <br/ ><br>� Performance based test (30sec chair stand test, 40m fast pace walk test and stair <br/ ><br>climb test) <br/ ><br>2. Correlation of change in clinical outcomes and change in inflammatory markers. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Follow up every 3rd week for 6 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary <br/ ><br>1.Observation of adverse event of drug. <br/ ><br>2.Intolerance to disease modifying osteoarthritis drugTimepoint: Follow up every 3rd week for 6 weeks
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