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Observation on the Clinical Efficacy of Moxibustion in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Observation on the Clinical Efficacy of Moxibustion in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2026000521
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2026-03-13
Start date
2026-03-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

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

Conditions

knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

Experimental group :moxibustion
control group:Take celecoxib capsules orally

Sponsors

Huaibei People's Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for knee osteoarthritis set by the China Association of Chinese Medicine; (2) Age: 40 to 75 years old; (3) Stop taking painkillers and hormone drugs during the trial period. (4) No moxibustion treatment has been received in the past month; (5) Be willing to sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Those who belong to the late or advanced clinical stage of knee osteoarthritis as stipulated in the "Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Knee Osteoarthritis (2023 Edition)" issued by the China Association of Chinese Medicine, or have a Recht grade of III-IV on MRI examination, with severe joint deformity and destruction of articular cartilage; (2) Patients with concurrent other bone diseases such as knee joint tuberculosis, tumors, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, etc., which do not belong to osteoarthritis; (3) Patients who have received intravascular injection of glucocorticoids or viscoelastic substance supplementation therapy (such as sodium hyaluronate, etc.) for knee osteoarthritis in the past six months, or those who have undergone knee replacement surgery; (4) Combined with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, respiratory, metabolic system diseases and severe mental illness; (5) Participate in other knee osteoarthritis experimental studies simultaneously; (6) Those with contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, such as having non-removable metal substances implanted in the body, claude-phobia syndrome, etc. (7) Allergic to moxibustion smoke; (8) Pregnant or lactating women; (9) Unwilling to be randomly grouped.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Therapeutic effect evaluation index;Overall therapeutic effect evaluation of the patient;Molecular biology indicators;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Demographic indicators and baseline indicators;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLei liu

Huaibei People's Hospital

liuleizj@ahtcm.edu.cn13739220424

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026