Osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The sample will be made ??up of: 1. Women and men. 2. Ages between 20 and 80 years. 3. With symptoms of OA (joint pain in hip, spine, limbs and / or phalanges). 4. Which have agreed to give informed consent. 5. Patients classified in Scales I-III of the American Association of Rheumatology. 6. Patients with WOMAC score = 25.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Existence of other forms of arthritis. 2. Arthroplasty in the last 3 years. 3. Any orthopedic surgery in the last 3 years. 4. Transplanted. 5. Active liver or kidney diseases. 6. Neoplasms diagnosed. 7. Severe high blood pressure 8. Uncompensated diabetes mellitus (fasting glucose> 7 mmol / L). 9. Hospitalization for any cause in the previous 6 months. 11. Subjects with normal clinical history of allergy to any other medicines 12. Subjects with other special conditions that endanger their health and their lives during the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health Status (WOMAC questionnaire 0-Best Score between health status and 96-worst health status). Measuring Time: Before starting treatment and at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain (WOMAC questionnaire. Value between 0 and 20 points). Measuring time: at baseline and at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks Stiffness (WOMAC questionnaire. Value from 0 to 8 points). Measuring time: at baseline an at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks. Physical Activity Survey (WOMAC questionnaire. Value between 0 and 68 points). Measuring time: at baseline and at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks. Pain (visual scale by analogy. Value between 0-no pain, 100-worst pain imaginable). Measuring time:at baseline and at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks Physical exam (Weigth (kg), Blood presure (mm Hg), Cardiac frequency (Pulse por minute)). Measuring time: at baseline and at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks. Blood biochemical parameters (alanine amino transferase (ALT) (U / L), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U / L), glucose (mmol / L), creatinine (umol / L), total cholesterol (mmol / L) , Triglycerides (mmol / L)). Measuring time: at baseline and at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks. Adverse Events (AE). Description of the AE (name of the event) Intensity of AE(Mild, Moderate, Severe) Relationship (WHO scale- Very probable, Probable, Possible, Remote, Not related, Unknown). Measuring time: At the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th weeks. | — |
Countries
Cuba
Contacts
Center of Natural Products/National Center for Scientific Research