Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Radio Frequency for Chronic Knee Arthritis
CompletedNot applicableNCT03886142
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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)
Osteoarthritis (OA) affects aged above 45 years. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Intra-Articular Platelet Rich Plasma in Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis; a Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: radiofrequency
- Procedure: platelet rich plasma injection
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
- Start date
- 2018-09-27
- Primary completion
- 2019-10-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 30 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * osteoarthritis knee Exclusion Criteria: * coaguloapthy * patient refusal
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03886142