Effects of auricular-plaster therapy on early recovery in patients undergoing knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial

Phase 1

• Conditions: Osteoarthritis

• Registration Number: ITMCTR2100005049
• Lead Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 20 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients with KOA who meet the clinical diagnostic criteria of KOA revised by the Chinese Society of Osteology in 2018;
2.At least one of the five questions in the WOMAC Pain Subscale has a score of 40 or higher;
3.Patients who have not received treatment by the KOA system within 4 weeks, and can adhere to the treatment as planned, and can cooperate with clinical observation and follow-up;
4.Subjects understand and sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Knee injury and arthritis;
2.Acute joint injury, knee osteoarticular tuberculosis, tumor, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis;
3.Complicated with cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system and other serious primary diseases, tumor and psychiatric patients, neuropathic arthralgia, gastric ulcer patients;
4.Drugs that are known to damage main organs have been used within 4 weeks;
5.Patients who are unable to cooperate or are participating in other drug trials;
6.Genu varus > 10°, genu varus > 20° deformity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional study
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogue scale;

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medication frequency;Western Ontario McMaster Osteoarthritis Stiffness Score, Functional Score, and total score;Score of knee joint for motor function;Response rate;Quality of life assessment;