Knee Osteoarthritis, Aging and Metabolic Syndrome

Recruiting

• Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: xray

• Registration Number: NCT05955573
• Lead Sponsor: Sohag University

Brief Summary

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent form of arthritis. Its pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Though historically regarded as a disease of mechanical degeneration, it is now appreciated that inflammation plays an important role in OA pathogenesis

Detailed Description

1. Place of the study: Sohag university hospital.

2. Type of study: Cross-Sectional Observational study

3. Study period: Six months to one year The study will include Patients who met the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) clinical criteria for knee OA .

The following details will be obtained:

* Demographic data : Age ,Sex ,Marital status ,Occupation ,Residence ,Education level

,Anthropometrical measures which included waist circumference (WC) and blood pressure (BP) will be obtained,History of chronic diseases (eg; Diabetes mellites, Hypertension)

* Clinical information: Symptom and its Duration. Plain radiographs of at least one knee \[anteroposterior (A/P), lateral} will be taken.

* Laboratory findings included fasting blood sugar, serum levels of triglycerides, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and total cholesterol.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-13
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-21
• Study Start: 2023-08-20
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-19
• Primary Completion: 2024-06
• Study Completion: 2024-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who met the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) clinical criteria for knee OA and had symptomatic OA of at least 1 knee (index knee), with a Kellgren / Lawrence (K/L) score ≥ 1 in that knee

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Exclusion Criteria

• Any patient with a history of trauma to the knee

  • Any other form of arthritis (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathies, gout, pyrophosphate disease, or other crystal arthropathy)

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
knee osteoarthritis	xray	Knee osteoarthritis

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
severity of knee osteoarthritis	8/2023-8/2024	Kellgren and Lawrence (K/L) grading system of Knee osteoarthritis. It assigned a grade from 0 to 4, which they correlated to increasing severity of OA, with Grade 0 signifying no presence of OA and Grade 4 signifying severe OA .

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sohag Faculty of Medicine; 🇪🇬 Sohag, Egypt