Cryoneurolysis Versus Radiofrequency in Knee Osteoarthritis
Recruiting · NCT07664371 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Tanta University
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Cryoneurolysiscooled radiofrequencypulsed radiofrequency (RF)
What this trial is about
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.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Adults with a clinical diagnosis of refractory knee OA who suffered from refractory knee pain (patients who had failed conservative medical and physical therapy for 6 months .
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with OA show improvement in pain after conservative medical and physical therapy.
- Patients evaluated by an orthopedic surgeon and deemed to be surgical candidates due to knee pathologies other than OA.
- Patients with allergies to local anesthetics.
- patients on anticoagulation therapy, who were not permitted to stop anticoagulation.
- Patients with knee tumors.
- Patients with acute infections.
- Patients with implanted cardiac devices.
- Pregnant patients.
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Faculty of medicine, Tanta University - Tanta, Egypt