What is better for pain relief in patients with chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis knee? Ultrasound guided local anaesthetic injection or steroid

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: M179- Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/08/035737
• Lead Sponsor: Christian Medical College

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-11-23
• Last Update Posted: 3 April 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Chronic osteoarthritis knee with more than 3 months of pain with pain scored by visual analog scale more than or equal to 40mm

Radiological osteoarthritis grade greater than Kellegren Lawrence grade 2

Refractory knee osteoarthritis pain not alleviated with first line of treatment

Well controlled diabetes

No signs of active infection at injection site

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who underwent prior knee surgery or surgery scheduled in the next 3 months

Patients with severe knee joint instability

Patients with serious neurological or psychiatric illness

Those received steroid or hyaluronic acid injection therapy in last 3 months

Those who on anticoagulant medication use and those with severe bleeding diathesis

Patients with hypersensitivity to local anaesthetics or steroids

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean change in knee pain assessed by Visual Analog ScaleTimepoint: At 1,4 and 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean change in Lequesne Functional Index <br/ ><br>Incidence of adverse events <br/ ><br>Compliance to home based programmeTimepoint: At 1, 4 and 12 weeks