Thermal Micro-cautery for Painful Knee Osteoarthritis
CompletedNot applicableNCT03460717
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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)
To trial a traditional pain management technique from Ayurveda in a modern way - the technique involves micro - cautery to painful areas in knee osteoarthritis for patients on a waiting list for knee replacement. The Investigators will include a waiting list control series.
Study details
- Official title
- Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation by Thermal Micro-cautery for Painful Knee Osteoarthritis: Non Randomised Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation by Thermal Micro-Cautery
- Sponsor
- The National Children's Hospital, Tallaght
- Start date
- 2016-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-07-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Ireland
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * awaiting knee replacement surgery on an orthopaedic waiting list Exclusion Criteria: * none
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03460717