Comparative Study Between Steroid Plus Anesthetic Block and CRF in Participants With Hip Osteoarthritis
SuspendedPhase 3NCT04876859
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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)
This will be a prospective, multi-center, double-blinded, randomized study designed to compare the efficacy of Conventional Radiofrequency (CRF) and the anesthetic block of the anterior sensory branches to the hip to control pain and improve function related to hip osteoarthritis.
Study details
- Official title
- Conventional Radiofrequency of Anterior Sensory Branches in Chronic Hip Pain Due to Hip Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: CRF of anterior sensitive branches to the hip
- Procedure: Anesthetic block with steroid injection of anterior sensitive branches to the hip
- Sponsor
- University of Brasilia
- Start date
- 2021-06-08
- Primary completion
- 2024-10-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants 18 years or older * Symptomatic unilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) * Pain for more than 6 months in the groin, anterior, anterolateral ou lateral region * OA radiologically classified as Kellgren and Lawrence Tipo II-IV, * VAS ≥ 4 * Considered non-responder to conservative treatment for the participant for 6 months. * In case of difficulty in selecting participants with symptomatic unilateral OA, symptomatic bilateral hip OA will be admitted and submitted to the same treatment on both sides, after notification and approval from the Ethic Board of each institution involved. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with radiculopathy ipsolateral * Knee OA ipsolateral, * Previous hip arthroplasty * Pain exclusively in the posterior region of the hip * Infiltration of the hip for less than 3 months * Neurological disease compromising gait * Peripheral neuropathy * Psychiatric disease that compromise collaboration with the protocol * Implanted pacemaker * Prothrombin Activity Time (PT/INR) \> 3 and * Litigation process related to the disease.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04876859