Active clinical trials for "Osteoarthritis"

Adipose tissue derived Mesenchymal Stem cells (ATMSC) will be injected in patients diagnosed with Knee osteoarthrosis

The aim of this study is to investigate if exercise therapy comprising the NEMEX program in combination with a CNS-targeted treatment using GMI and SDT is superior to exercise therapy alone in improving self-reported pain, function, quality of life and objective measures related to hyperexcitability of the CNS (e.g. central sensitization) in people with KOA.

This will be a single-center, prospective, single-blinded randomized clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of using cooled RFA for the treatment of OA hip pain and function in subjects treated with cooled RFA compared with standard of care intra-articular steroid injections

To evaluate a new, low intensity ultrasound device in the treatment of chronic pain due to osteoarthritis in the knee. Enhancing CBD oil penetration into joints by sonophoresis.

This is a phase 3, multicentre, prospective, single-blind on principal efficacy criterion, 2 parallel groups, randomized, controlled clinical study comparing efficacy and safety of actiTENS versus systemic level 2 analgesics recommended for the treatment of moderate or severe, nociceptive, chronic pain in patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee.

The purpose of this study is to assess the potential benefit of preoperative cryoneurolysis in postoperative pain management of total knee arthroplasty patients over current pain management protocol.

Worldwide, 9.6% of men and 18% of women aged over 60 years suffer from osteoarthritis (OA), most of which involve the knee. Within the OA patient population, 80% of the OA patients have limitations of movement, and 25% cannot perform the majority of their daily activities (WHO). Some of these symptoms contribute to arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI), a reflexive decrease in motor output to the muscles surrounding the affected joint. AMI is characterized by abnormal afferent information transmitted to the central nervous system, resulting in altered afferent feedback to the quadriceps motoneurons (MN) which in turn results in reduced excitability of that particular pool. The altered afferent input is suggested to stem from stimulation of mechanoreceptors, via joint effusion or excessive movements, nociceptors as a response to pain, or loss of joint receptors (Palmieri-Smith et al., 2009). Although the evidence concerning the role of the central nervous system is scarce, pre- and postsynaptic spinal mechanisms directly affecting alpha-MNs seem affected. Dysfunction of γ-loops also seems to be involved (Konishi et al., 2002). These mechanisms together result in AMI that manifests through aberrations in voluntary quadriceps torque, force control, and reflex excitability often measured by the H-reflex (Hopkins et al., 2000). Besides the evident role of motor efferents, sensory afferents also influence motor control (Gentilucci et al., 1997) and poor proprioceptive function is predictive of poor chair-stand performance (Sharma et al., 2003). Reduction of the sensory deficits could potentially increase motor function in knee OA. The present study aims to evaluate whether low-intensity peripheral electrical nerve stimulation, a form of increasing afferent input, could potentially improve OA patients' motor function. The most limiting factor in OA patients, however, is pain, experienced at rest and during movement. Although previous paradigms used high-frequency stimulation and the lack of physiological explanations concerning pain reductions after peripheral electrical nerve stimulation, it is possible that reductions in experienced pain are mediated by reduced analgesia, i.e., decreased excitability of nociceptive neurons.

This project is one of four components of a thematic project that aims to evaluate the use of ultrasound in regional and infiltration blocks, called "Use of ultrasound in regional blocks and infiltration for the treatment of acute and chronic pain". It aims to evaluate quantitatively and qualitatively the knee pain control in patients with osteoarthritis after neurotomy by saphenous nerve radiofrequency guided by ultrasound , compared to neurotomy by radiofrequency of genicular nerves guided by fluoroscopy . Differences between total consumption of analgesics, side effects of medications , impact on quality of life and functional capacity in patients undergoing saphenous nerve neurotomy by radiofrequency guided by ultrasound compared to neurotomy by radiofrequency of genicular nerves guided by fluoroscopy, will also be evaluated.

PICASSO has been designed to demonstrate that combination therapy with CS/GH has superior efficacy compared to placebo in pain reduction (average score reduction in Huskisson's 0 to 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale) from baseline to 6 months of treatment in patients with symptomatic hand osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the joint cartilage, which is involved in the immune system leading to proinflammatory cytokine and metalloproteinase release. Knee osteoarthritis is the most common form. The healing is very slow and the damage is not fully recovered, so the degeneration process continues and no treatment modalities completely remove this process. Various methods are used in the treatment of OA and total joint replacement is performed in the patients with OA recently. Ten patients with Kellgren-Lawrence grade II-III knee OA who had been applied for knee pain and received conservative treatment for 6 months and had no benefit will be taken to study. Patients will be assessed 7 (V1-7) times during the study. Clinical, immunologic and radiological treatment effectiveness and clinical improvement will be evaluated at the beginning of the treatment and in all follow-up patients participating in the study.