Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture Treatment as an Adjunctive Therapy After Knee Replacement

Gachon University Gil Oriental Medical Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acupuncture; Knee Replacement

Treatments: Drug: Usual care; Other: Acupuncture and Usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03633097

ISEE_2018_TKA_A

Details and patient eligibility

About

Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture Treatment as an Adjunctive Therapy After Knee Replacement

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject has a diagnosis of osteoarthritis and listed for an unilateral total knee replacement.
• Subject has a normal cognitive function
• Subject is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who have undergone total knee arthroplasty due to gout
• Those who have had total knee arthroplasty due to trauma
• Those who have had total knee arthroplasty due to autoimmune related diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
• Those who are participating in other clinical trials
• Those who have a history of participating in other clinical trials within one month
• Those who are difficult to write a research consent form
• Those who are judged to be inappropriate for the clinical study by the researchers.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupuncture + Usual care

Experimental group

Description:

Acupuncture with Cnoxane Injection 40mg, Esomezol Capsule, Synerjet Semi Tablet and Ocoron Tablet

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture and Usual care

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cnoxane Injection 40mg, Esomezol Capsule, Synerjet Semi Tablet and Ocoron Tablet

Treatment:

Drug: Usual care