The Effect of Therapeutic Methods for Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT00924677
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain of the knee is not effectively abrogated by the available non-pharmacologic or pharmacologic treatments. Radiofrequency (RF) neurotomy is a therapeutic alternative for chronic pain. Here, the researchers investigate the efficacy of RF neurotomy applied to articular branches (genicular nerves) in treating knee joint pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Phase 1 Study of Therapeutic Methods for Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: radiofrequency neurotomy for genicular nerve
- Procedure: radiofrequency neurotomy sham therapy
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
- Start date
- 2009-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-04
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 50 Years to 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- South Korea
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * patients with chronic knee pain (i.e., knee pain of moderate intensity or greater on most or all days for ≥ 3 months) * patients with radiologic knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2-4, evaluated by a radiologist) Exclusion Criteria: * acute knee pain * prior knee surgery * other connective tissue diseases affecting the knee * serious neurologic or psychiatric disorders * injection with steroids or hyaluronic acids during the previous 3 months * sciatic pain * anticoagulant medications * pacemakers * prior electroacupuncture treatments
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00924677