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Leeches for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00435773 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 118

Last updated 2007-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Previous studies have not addressed the question, whether or not a repeated leeching can supply symptomatic relief of osteoarthritic pain for extended periods of time. We present a randomized study to the effectiveness of single and repeated leech therapy in cases with advanced osteoarthritis of the knee using a large patient group compared to a control group, who were both blinded to the actual treatment modality.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Single Leeching

PROCEDURE

Repeated Leeching after 4 weeks

PROCEDURE

Placebo Leeching

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Aachen

    collaborator OTHER

  • RWTH Aachen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefan Andereya, MD · Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Completion
2004-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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