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A Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effect of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion on Knee Osteoarthritis: a Positive Control, Three-Group Parallel Design, Multi-Center, Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2000033075
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-05-19
Start date
2020-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-05-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

Sponsors

The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with all of the following items can be included in this trial: 1. Meet the western medicine diagnosis standard of knee osteoarthritis with knee enlargement; 2. The floating patella test was negative; 3. Clinical symptom score >= 5; 4. Aged 40-70 years, male and female unlimited; 5. The patients are willing to accept the treatment prescribed by the subject; 6. There is acupoint heat sensitivity in the knee joint area (in the area composed of yinlingquan Yanglingquan Liangqiu Xuehai points).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those with one of the following items shall not be included in the test: 1. Pregnant or lactating women; 2. The patients with primary diseases such as cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system and other serious life-threatening psychosis; 3. Patients who are in critical condition and are difficult to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment; 4. Patients who fail to receive or complete treatment according to regulations for some reason and cannot judge the curative effect or incomplete data; 5. Patients with acute knee trauma and local skin rupture; 6. Patients with severe varus and flexion contracture.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Score, WOMC;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Visual Analogue Scale, VAS;The MOS item short from health survey, SF-36;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactZhang Bo

The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

364343248@qq.com+86 13767049323

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026