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Implantation of Gold Beads to Relieve Discomfort From Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00487370 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2007-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether implanting gold beads extraarticularly in five acupuncture-points around a knee improves pain, stiffness and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Implantation of gold beads around a knee through needles

PROCEDURE

Sham implantation: Insertion of needles around a knee

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Research Unit Of General Practice, Copenhagen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kirsten Nejrup, MD · General practice, Dronninggårds Alle 2 B, DK-2840 Holte, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-03-31
Completion
1998-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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