Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:01 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:01 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01354860
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Aged from 40 to 70 years old
* Average daily knee pain over 40 points (0-100 point scale)
* diagnosed as knee osteoarthritis according to ACR criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
* Current of past history of inflammatory disease including rheumatoid arthritis
* Cancer
* Traumatic injury which might be related to current knee pain
* Autoimmune disease
* significant deformity of knee joints
* knee replacement surgery on affected knee
* knee arthroscopy within 2 years
* steroid injection in knee joints within 3 months
* viscosupplement injections in knee joints within 6 months
* joint fluid injection within 6 months
* received acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping or herbal medicine within 4 weeks
* uncontrolled hypertension
* diabetes mellitus requiring insulin injection
* life-threatening cardiovascular or neurological events within one year
* chronic respiratory disease
* hemorrhagic disorder
* alcohol or drug addition
* active infectious disease including tuberculosis
* keloidosis
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Maximum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT01354860
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01354860