Health Condition 1: M179- Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.History of less than 30 min of morning sickness. 2. Clinical signs and symptoms corresponding to hip and/or knee osteoarthritis for the previous three months. 3. Radiologically diagnosed osteoarthritis. 4. Subjects should have significant arthritic pain (Screening WOMAC score between 10-40 or Visual Analogue Scale score (VAS) between 4 to 9. 5. ESR 6. Willingness to sign the informed consent, follow the protocol and participate in clinical trial voluntarily.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Seriously overweight, defined as body mass index of >35 2. post-surgical pain patients 3. Alcohol or drug abuse during the last three years 4. Patients incapacitated or bound to wheel chair or bed and unable to carry out self-care activities. 5. Patients administering any herbal or topical herbal pain relief agents. 6. The patients with current or recent corticosteroid treatment; or ongoing treatment with anticoagulants, hydantoin, lithium, steroids, methotrexate and colchicines or concurrent pain relieving medication such as antipyretics, analgesics, tranquilizers, hypnotic, excessive alcohol, NSAIDs. 7. History of active peptic ulcer, severe renal, hepatic or hemopoietic disease or severe cardiac insufficiency or undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. A decrease in WOMAC osteoarthritic index and 2. A decrease in the VAS scores. Timepoint: 12 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To assess the change in the biochemical parameters (CRP, CTX-1, ESR, LFT). 2. To assess the change in the digitalized X ray for the gap between femur and tibia to be measured at three points for cartilage damage and recovery. Timepoint: 12 weeks | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Pharexcel Consulting Private Limited