What is better for patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis?Ultrasound Guided Genicular Nerve Block using 0.5% bupivacaine inCombination with Intra-Articular Platelet Rich Plasma Protein or Intra-Articular Steroids ?
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 8- Other Procedures
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/029705
- Lead Sponsor
- Sivabalakumaran
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Subjects aged 50â??80 years with knee pain of moderate or greater intensity on most or all days
for >= 3 months and radiological tibiofemoral OA (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2â??4 as evaluated
by a radiologist).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Subjects with acute knee pain
2. Subjects who underwent prior knee surgery or electropuncture treatment
3. Subjects with other connective tissue diseases that affected the knee, serious neurological or
psychiatric disorders
4. Subjects under steroid or hyaluronic acid injection therapy during the previous 3 months
5. Subjects with sciatic pain, anticoagulant medication use and pacemaker use
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain using Visual Analog Scale (VAS) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional changes in the knee using Oxford Knee Scores (OKS) <br/ ><br>Patient satisfaction with treatment using Global Perceived Effects and <br/ ><br>Incidence of adverse effects.Timepoint: 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks