Effect of Laser Puncture on Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Device: Laser; Procedure: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04684693

REC/010-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Studying the effect of laser puncture on rheumatoid arthritis patients

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Meeting the criteria of ACR classification for rheumatoid arthritis
• Meeting the criteria of EULAR classification for rheumatoid arthritis

Exclusion criteria

• Having malignancy
• Having connective tissue disease
• Smokers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Laser Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Laser

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Control