Health Condition 1: M179- Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized Homoeopathic medicines in LM potencies plus concomitant care: Intervention is planned as administering indicated homoeopathic medicines in 50 millesimal scale of potency.
dosage and repetition depending upon the individual requirement of the cases. Patients will be advised to refrain from handling the bottle or from eating, drinking, smoking or brushing teeth within 30
Sponsors
D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Age 50 to 70 years 2.Participants of either sex or transgender 3.Diagnosed knee oa according to American College of Rheumatology(ACR) clinical or radiographic classification criteria such as knee pain, age more than 50 years, morning stiffness less than 30 minutes, crepitus on active motion, osteophytes on knee xray
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Not providing with written informed consent of participation. 2. Severe degeneration of knee joint with marked joint narrowing, varus, or valgus deformity of knee, evidenced by imaging or other evidences and requiring surgical intervention, joint or skin infection, joint prostheses of the lower limbs. 3. Non-ambulant patients. 4. Self-reported joint disorders other than osteoarthritis (e.g. inflammatory joint disease, specific arthropathy, hyperuricemia and or gout, severe axis deviations or instabilities, joint or skin infections, joint prostheses of the lower limbs) 5. Intra articular injections within 2 weeks before study entry 6. Transplanted knees. 7. Recent significant knee surgery within last 6 months 8. Benign tumors and malignant tumors. 9. Patient suffering from active or chronic, systemic or local infection or disease. 10. Patients who are too sick for consultation. 11. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life threatening illness affecting quality of life. 12. Pregnancy, puerperal women and lactating mother. 13. Tobacco chewing and or smoking, alcoholism and or any form(s) of substance abuse and or dependence. 14. Self reported immune compromised state, AIDS, hepatitis etc. 15. Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease within last 6 months. 16. Simultaneous participation in any other clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To address the feasibility issue of a definitive future trialTimepoint: 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| modified pain detection questionnaire (mPDQ)Timepoint: At baseline , every month upto 3 months;Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain(ICOAP)Timepoint: At baseline , every month upto 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSatyajit Naskar
D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Outcome results
None listed