Unipolar Versus Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation in Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Recruiting · NCT07789340 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
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Bipolar radiofrequency ablationUnipolar radiofrequency ablation
What this trial is about
This study aims to compare the efficacy of unipolar versus bipolar radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in knee osteoarthritis pain.
Who can take part
Age range
50 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
- Age \> 50 years.
- Both genders.
- Diagnosed with chronic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria and confirmed with plain radiography as the gold standard for the diagnosis of KOA.
- One chronic KOA pain not responding to other treatments as physiotherapy, oral analgesics, and intraarticular injection with hyaluronic acids or steroids.
- Kellgren-Lawrence grade (II-IV).
Exclusion criteria
- Chronic knee pain induced by infection, inflammation, tumors, and fractures.
- Prior knee surgery.
- Acute knee pain.
- Connective tissue diseases.
- Neurologic or psychiatric disorders.
- Intra-articular knee corticosteroid or hyaluronic acids in the past 3 months.
- Anticoagulant medication.
- Local infection of the site of intervention.
- Cognitive impairment.
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Tanta University - Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt