Cryoneurolysis Versus Radiofrequency in Knee Osteoarthritis
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Cryoneurolysis, pulsed radiofrequency (RF), cooled radiofrequency.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Cryoneurolysis Versus Radiofrequency in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Overview
The project will evaluate the effectiveness of Cryoneurolysis versus radiofrequency procedures in adult patients who are resistant to traditional treatment for knee pain. They are a drug-free pain management procedure.
Detailed description
The main approach to OA management is pain control. Cryoneurolysis versus radiofrequency in decreasing knee pain.
Interventions
- Device Cryoneurolysis
Cryoneurolysis freezes nerves - Device pulsed radiofrequency (RF)
radiofrequency (RF) uses electric pulses - Device cooled radiofrequency
uses cooled radiofrequency energy to deactivate pain-causing nerves
Primary outcome measures
- Change in visual analogue scale after intervention [Time frame: immediately after intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years with a clinical diagnosis of refractory knee OA who suffered from knee pain.
- Patients who cannot afford intra-articular injections.
- patients who had failed 2 different oral pain medications, and 6 weeks of physical therapy.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with OA show improvement in pain after physiotherapy.
- patients evaluated by an orthopedic surgeon and deemed to be surgical candidates due to knee pathologies other than OA.
- pregnant patients.
- patients on anticoagulation therapy, who were not permitted to stop anticoagulation.
- patients with previous trauma, neurological or endocrine diseases like diabetes mellitus, and knee tumors; and patients with inflammatory arthritis.
- people who had received an intra-articular knee injection within the last 6 months.
- Patients with tendon tears, bursitis, or calcified tendonitis as proven by imaging.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Faculty of medicine, Tanta University — Tanta
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07664371 · 36265PR83/5/26