Study on the Effectiveness of Varmam Therapy for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis

Efficacy of Varmam Therapy for the Management of Osteoarthritis (Knee Joint)- An Open Clinical Trial - NIL

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/08/093896

Enrollment

100

Registered

2025-08-29

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-15

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: M179- Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients having symptoms of arthritis of one or both knee joints, pain, swelling, stiffness, crepitation, restricted movements of knee joint. Patients who are willing to undergo radiological investigation, laboratory investigations. Patients willing to sign the informed consent stating that he/she will conscientiously stick to the treatment during 160 days but can opt out of the trial of his/her own conscious discretion.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: H/o Cardiac diseases H/o Rheumatoid arthritis H/o Pregnancy and lactation H/o Chronic kidney disease H/o Tuberculosis of knee H/o Septic arthritis H/o Gonococcal arthritis H/o Traumatic pain of knee joint H/o Patient with any other serious systemic illness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
PRIMARY OUTCOME To Assess the improvement of Santhuvatham (Osteo Arthritis?Knee joint) by reduce at least 2 or 3 scales from start to end of the study in KOO scale in the duration of 3 months (total number of sessions-36) in each patient, the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessionsTimepoint: PRIMARY OUTCOME To Assess the improvement of Santhuvatham (Osteo Arthritis?Knee joint) by reduce at least 2 or 3 scales from start to end of the study in KOO scale in the duration of 3 months (total number of sessions-36) in each patient, the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessions	—

Measure

Time frame

PRIMARY OUTCOME To Assess the improvement of Santhuvatham (Osteo Arthritis?Knee joint) by reduce at least 2 or 3 scales from start to end of the study in KOO scale in the duration of 3 months (total number of sessions-36) in each patient, the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessionsTimepoint: PRIMARY OUTCOME To Assess the improvement of Santhuvatham (Osteo Arthritis?Knee joint) by reduce at least 2 or 3 scales from start to end of the study in KOO scale in the duration of 3 months (total number of sessions-36) in each patient, the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessions

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
SECONDARY OUTCOME To Assess the mental status before & after the varmam therapy management by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] & Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [B-IPQ] in the duration of 3 months (Total number of sessions-36) in each patient. the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessions.Timepoint: SECONDARY OUTCOME To Assess the mental status before & after the varmam therapy management by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] & Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [B-IPQ] in the duration of 3 months (Total number of sessions-36) in each patient. the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessions.	—

Measure

Time frame

SECONDARY OUTCOME To Assess the mental status before & after the varmam therapy management by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] & Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [B-IPQ] in the duration of 3 months (Total number of sessions-36) in each patient. the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessions.Timepoint: SECONDARY OUTCOME To Assess the mental status before & after the varmam therapy management by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] & Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire [B-IPQ] in the duration of 3 months (Total number of sessions-36) in each patient. the assessment will be done in the duration period of 0,12th, 23rd, 36th day of sessions.

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Bharathajothi P

Tamil University,Thanjavur

drbharathajothi@gmail.com9443797156

Outcome results