Personalized Analgesia Through Central Nervous System Engagement to Unlock Performance
Not yet recruitingPhase 4NCT07759336
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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)
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of duloxetine on walking ability and physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Researchers will compare duloxetine to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if duloxetine works to improve walking ability in patients with knee osteoarthritis. At study visits, participants will complete surveys, perform physical function tasks, undergo non-invasive brain imaging, and undergo sensory testing.
Study details
- Official title
- Personalized Analgesia Through Central Nervous System Engagement to Unlock Performance
- Conditions
- Knee Osteoarthritis (Knee OA)
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Knee Pain
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Benedict Alter
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Organization
- University of Pittsburgh
- Start date
- 2026-08
- Primary completion
- 2028-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 45 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Knee pain for greater than 6 months. * Moderate-to-severe knee pain (\>3/10) due to osteoarthritis, as defined by American College of Rheumatology and EULAR diagnostic criteria (Zhang 2010, Altman 1986) on \>50% of days in the past month. * KL grade 2-4 (Kellgren and Lawrence 1957) indicating significant degenerative changes on knee X-ray. This will be determined on evaluation of weight-bearing clinical X-rays on review of medical records. In the infrequent situation that the patient does not have an X-ray on review of their medical records, then the patient will obtain weight-bearing knee X-rays as part of the Screening Visit. * Age: 45-80 years old * Gender: Males and females will be recruited. * Language: only English-speaking subjects will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * Inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis). * More intense pain due to another chronic pain syndrome (e.g. fibromyalgia, hip osteoarthritis) * Significant pain or weakness in the lower extremities due to a neurological condition (e.g. lumbar radiculopathy, paresis due to stroke) * New, ongoing acute pain * Recent use of duloxetine defined as any use within the last 3 months * Current use of antidepressants or tramadol * Current routine use of more than 30 mg oral morphine equivalents per day (use of \<=30 mg OME does not exclude the participant). * New treatment that may help knee osteoarthritis (including medication, exercise, behavioral, or complementary and integrative treatments) started in the last month. Stable use of treatments for greater than 1 month does not exclude the participant. * Unwillingness to maintain current knee osteoarthritis treatments for the duration of the study. This means that eligible participants must plan for the following: medications and dietary supplements should not change substantially in frequency or dose; behavioral therapy, exercise therapy, and complementary and integrative therapies should be consistent; and there should be no interventional treatments planned for lower extremity musculoskeletal conditions (e.g. joint steroid injections, knee radiofrequency ablation, knee replacement surgery). * Recent knee intra-articular injection of steroid or other agent (greater than 1 month does not exclude the participant) * Recent knee radiofrequency ablation (greater than 3 months does not exclude the participant) * Recent knee arthroscopic surgery (greater than 3 months does not exclude the participant) * History of kne…
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07759336