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临床试验/NCT00435773
NCT00435773已完成2 期

Single and Repeated Leech Therapy for the Treatment of Late Stage Knee Osteoarthritis. A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Comparative Trial

RWTH Aachen University2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 118 人开始时间: 2004年2月最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
2 期
状态
已完成
入组人数
118
试验地点
2
主要终点
KOOS Score overall (Clinical score)before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months

研究概览

简要总结

Previous studies have not addressed the question, whether or not a repeated leeching can supply symptomatic relief of osteoarthritic pain for extended periods of time. We present a randomized study to the effectiveness of single and repeated leech therapy in cases with advanced osteoarthritis of the knee using a large patient group compared to a control group, who were both blinded to the actual treatment modality.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
Single

入排标准

性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Osteoarthritis of the knee
  • Persistent osteoarthritic symptoms for at least 6 months
  • Radiographic evidence of late stage osteoarthritis of the knee (stage III-IV)
  • History of conservative management including pain medication and physical therapy

排除标准

  • Anticoagulant treatment or history of hemophilia
  • History or presence of rheumatic diseases leading to secondary osteoarthritis
  • Presence of hematological, hepatic, renal or immunological disease
  • Insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus
  • Intraarticular injections or systemic application of corticosteroids during the 3 preceding months
  • History of surgery of the affected knee during the last 3 months or joint replacement
  • History of previous leech therapy
  • Lack of informed consent

结局指标

主要结局

KOOS Score overall (Clinical score)before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months

WOMAC Score overall (Clinical score)before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months

VAS (Visual analog scale, pain score)before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months

次要结局

  • KOOS subscores before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months
  • WOMAC subscores before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months
  • Requirement of pain medication before intervention, after 1,4 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months
  • Adverse events

研究者

申办方类型
Other

研究点 (2)

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