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Efficacy of fluoroscopic and ultrasound guided genicular nerve ablation for chronic knee osteoarthritis

Efficacy of fluoroscopic and ultrasound guided genicular nerve ablation for chronic knee osteoarthritis

Status
Unknown
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20190702003
Enrollment
170
Registered
2019-07-02
Start date
2019-07-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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

Conditions

Osteoarthitic knee pain osteoarthritic knee&#44

Interventions

Patients that allocated in this group will receive a genicular nerve ablation under ultrasound guidance.,Patients that allocated in this group will receive a genicular nerve ablation under fluoroscopi
Experimental Procedure/Surgery,Active Comparator Procedure/Surgery
genicular nerve ablation under ultrasound&#45
guided,genicular nerve ablation under fluoroscopic&#45

Sponsors

Faculty of medicine, Siriraj hospital funding
Lead Sponsor
Routine to research unit&#44
Collaborator
Siriraj hospital
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >50 years with knee osteoarthritis including the following criteria: - pain score >=4 from osteoarthritis - malalignment of knee - plain film of the knee showed stage 3 or 4 of knee osteoarthritis - not proceed to surgery within 1 year 2. Failed conservative treatment over 2 months (quadricep exercise, weight control, life style modification, analgesic medications)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Coagulopathy or bleeding disorder, systemic infection, infection around knee 2. Currently receiving the treatment of intraarticular visco-supplement injection 3. Connective tissue disease that involved skin around knee joints 4. On pacemaker 5. Unknown history of previous treatment 6. Uncontrolled psychiatric diseases (schizhrophrenia, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder) 7. Negative diagnostic block

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
pain score 3 month after an intervention numerical rating scale,pain score 1 month after an intervention numerical rating scale

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
pain score 1 years numerical rating scale,Function of knee 4, 12, 26, 38, 52 weeks Thai Oxford Knee score (Thai OKS), Thai KOOS short form (Thai KOOS SF), Time up and go test (TUG tes,analgesic drug consumption 4, 12, 26, 38, 52 weeks Baseline pain medication, Rescue pain medication ,range of motion of knee 4, 12, 26, 38, 52 weeks Range of motion (ROM) of the knee,quality of life 4, 12, 26, 38, 52 weeks EuroQoL 5D-5L (Thai version),Inflammation process 0, 4, 12 weeks ESR and hs-CRP blood level,safety of genicular nerve ablation 0, 4, 12, 26, 38, 52 weeks Side effects and complications, Fall evaluation

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactPramote Euasobhon

Faculty of Medicine Siriraj hospital, Mahidol university

pramoteo@hotmail.com+66839724667

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026