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 @ 4:23 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:23 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02915120
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Chronic knee pain with pain intensity of at least 4 out 10 on the VAS on most or all days for more than 3 months
* Patients of either sex with primary osteoarthritis of one or both knees fulfilling diagnostic criteria for osteoarthritis knee laid down by American College of Rheumatology.
* Patients also had to have a Kellgren-Lawrence (radiologic criterion) score of at least 2
* Pain resistant to conventional therapy including NSAIDs, opioids, muscle relaxants, oral steroids, physical therapy, and intra-articular injection therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
* The patients with secondary osteoarthritis of knees
* Associated systemic arthropathies, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis and gout
* Previous radiofrequency ablation treatment for similar symptoms.
* Intra-articular knee corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injection in the past 3 months.
* Active systemic or local infections at the site of proposed needle and electrode placement.
* Coagulopathy or other bleeding disorder
* Cognitive deficit.
* Unstable medical or psychiatric illness.
* Previous knee joint replacement surgery
* Patients missing two or more appointments consecutively were excluded from the study
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Study:
NCT02915120
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02915120