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Clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Gold Mae-sun therapy on degenerative knee osteoarthritis

Not Applicable
Conditions
Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue
Registration Number
KCT0003968
Lead Sponsor
Wonkwang University, Gwangju Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

1. 50 to 80 years old
2. A person who diagnosed primary osteoarthritis on American college of rheumatology criteria
a. A person who currently has pain in on or both knees
b. Person who over at least three of the following sis criteria
1) Age: 50 to 80 years old
2) A person who knee joints are not more than 30 minutes stiffness in the morning
3) Crepitus of knee joint
4) Bony tenderness
5) Bony enlargement
6) No palpable warmth
3. A person who 100mm VAS(visual analogue scale) pain is more than average 40 points per day (for a week)
4. Those who have heard the full explanation of this human application test, fully understand it, and have voluntarily decided to participate and have agreed in writing to comply with the precautions.

Exclusion Criteria

1. A person who had a steriod injecionin the joint cavity(within the last 3 months).
2. A person who received an viscosupplement(hylan, sodium hyaluronate, hyalulonan etc.) injection in the joint cavity(within the last 6 months).
3. A person who eliminated to expel joint fluid from joint cavity(within the last 6 months).
4. Those with past history or current history such as inflammoatory disease, tumor, rheumarthritis, autoimmune dieases and degeneratio of knee(serious valgus, varus ets.)
5. those who particiapate in other osteoarthritis clinical studies(3 months before screening)
6. Subjects with connective tissue(collagen) disease
7. Subjects with multiple sclerosis disease
8. A person taking immunosuppressant, corticosteroid, cyclosporin
9. A person who experienced to antisychotics treatment(within 3 months before screening test)
10. those who have a history of drug or alcohol abuse
11. Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
12. Diagnostic test A person who is determined by the Principal inspector to be ineligible for research due to medical examination results or other reasons

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of 100mm VAS(visual analog scale)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of 100mm VAS(visual analog scale);Changes of K-WOMAC(Korean version-Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Questionnaire) total score and subscores;Changes of SF-36(Short-Foam 36 health survey) subscores;Change of physical function test;Adverse events;laboratory test vlaue;Vital sign
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