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:
2026-03-26 @ 3:19 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:19 PM
NCT ID:
NCT07385560
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Adults aged 40 to 75 years
* Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria
* Presence of a symptomatic Baker's cyst confirmed by ultrasonography
* Ability to understand study procedures and provide written informed consent
* Sufficient intellectual and social capacity to comply with study visits and follow-up requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
* Presence of inflammatory arthritis, septic arthritis, crystal arthropathy, or secondary causes of knee osteoarthritis
* Kellgren-Lawrence grade 4 knee osteoarthritis
* Active systemic infection
* History of malignancy
* Intra-articular knee injection within the past 3 months
* Knee trauma within the past 3 months
* History of knee surgery
* Contraindications to aspiration or corticosteroid injection (e.g., local infection, bleeding disorders, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus)
* Requirement to continue medications for inflammatory arthritis
* Diagnosed psychiatric disorder that may impair study participation
* Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) within the past 1 week
* Physical therapy applied to the knee region within the past 1 month
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT07385560
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT07385560