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临床试验/NL-OMON56136
NL-OMON56136招募中不适用

COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL AND COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT OF THE GENICULAR NERVES VERSUS SHAM PROCEDURE FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KNEE PAIN: A MULTICENTRE, DOUBLE BLIND, RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL - COGENIUS

Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 待定最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
招募中
发起方
入组人数
40

研究概览

简要总结

暂无简介。

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional

入排标准

年龄范围
18 至 99(—)

入选标准

  • * Signed written informed consent must be obtained before any study assessment
  • is performed.
  • * Adult patients (Age >= 18 years old).
  • * Chronic anterior knee pain (> 12 months) that is moderate to severe (defined
  • as NRS > 4 on most or all days for the index knee either constantly or with
  • * Unresponsive (meaning insufficient pain reduction or intolerance) to
  • conventional treatments ongoing for at least 12 months prior to inclusion.
  • Conventional treatments must include all of the following: active
  • physiotherapy, pharmacological treatment of pain and intra-articular
  • corticosteroid infiltration.
  • * Only for patients with OA: Radiologic confirmation of knee osteoarthritis of
  • grade 2 (mild), 3 (moderate) or 4 (severe) noted within 12 months prior to the
  • screening for the index knee according the Kellgren Lawrence criteria 54
  • diagnosed by an independent radiologist with experience in musculoskeletal
  • imaging on Rx or MRI.55 If imaging will need to be performed at screening it is
  • recommended to perform an MRI instead of Rx. Imaging with MRI will enable the
  • independent radiologist to perform a better estimation of the grade of OA.
  • * Only for patients with PPSP after TKA: Patients with PPSP after TKA need to
  • have had a negative orthopaedic work-up.

排除标准

  • * Local or systemic infection (bacteraemia) at the time of inclusion.
  • * Evidence of inflammatory arthritis or an inflammatory systemic disease
  • responsible for knee pain.
  • * Intra-articular injections (steroids, hyaluronic acid, platelet enriched
  • plasma, *) in the index knee during the 3 months prior to procedure.
  • * Pregnant, nursing or planning to become pregnant before the study
  • intervention. Participants who become pregnant after the study intervention
  • during the follow-up period will not be excluded.
  • * Chronic widespread pain.
  • * Patients with unstable psychosocial disorder.
  • Unstable psychosocial disorder is defined as:
  • o any untreated psychiatric conditions
  • o any psychiatric condition where the treating medication is not stable the
  • last 3 months prior to inclusion
  • o patients currently treated by a psychiatrist and the psychiatrist could not
  • confirm that the psychosocial disorder is stable.
  • Patients treated by a general practitioner are considered to have a stable
  • * Allergies to products used during the procedure (lidocaine, propofol,
  • chlorhexidine).
  • * Uncontrolled coagulopathy defined as supratherapeutic dose of anticoagulation
  • medication.
  • * Uncontrolled immune suppression.
  • * Participating in another clinical trial/investigation within 30 days prior to
  • signing informed consent.
  • * Patient is currently implanted with a neurostimulator.
  • * Current radicular pain in index leg.
  • * Previous conventional or cooled radiofrequency of the index knee.
  • * Patients with bilateral knee pain defined as chronic knee pain (> 12 months)
  • in both knees that is moderate to severe (defined as NRS > 4 on most or all
  • days either constantly or with motion) and that is unresponsive (meaning
  • insufficient pain reduction or intolerance) to conventional treatments ongoing
  • for at least 12 months prior to inclusion. Conventional treatments must include
  • all of the following: active physiotherapy, pharmacological treatment of pain
  • and intra-articular corticosteroid infiltration.
  • * Patients who have a planned TKA in the near future defined as patients who
  • already have agreed on a date for the TKA procedure.
  • * Patients who are unwilling or mentally incapable to complete the study
  • questionnaires.

研究者

发起方
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg

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