Radiofrequency Ablation After Total Knee Arthroplasty (RACKTKA)

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Chronic Knee Pain

Treatments: Device: Radiofrequency Ablation; Device: Sham

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05473663

STUDY00001815

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess how clinically useful and safe genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation is in people with chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty performed for osteoarthritis.

Enrollment: 14 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Eligible individuals over 18 years of age in general good health apart from their chronic knee pain
2. At least one year post-TKA
3. Report of chronic knee pain classified using a standard question about the presence of "pain, aching, or stiffness in the knee on most days for at least one month during the prior 6 months"
4. In an unacceptable symptom state classified using a validated question: "Think about all consequences of your arthroplasty in the last week. If you were to remain for the rest of your life as you were during the last week, would the current state be acceptable or unacceptable for you?"
5. Willingness to complete all the study procedures, including a daily pain NRS, AE, and medication usage questions via daily notification
6. Subjects must have read and understood the informed consent form (ICF), and must have signed and dated it prior to any study-related procedure being performed

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and women who are not post-menopausal (defined at 12 months with no menses without an alternative medical cause) or permanently surgically sterile (includes hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, and bilateral oophorectomy)
2. Women who are not post-menopausal or permanently surgically sterile who are sexually active, and who are not willing to use birth control as outlined in Section 5.3.1 during the study period
3. Significant evidence of infection within the knee or radiographic evidence of prosthesis loosening as defined by the orthopedic surgeon
4. Individuals with pain exclusively located in the posterior knee, evaluated systematically using a validated Knee Pain Map
5. Individuals who do not achieve a 70% pain reduction following the initial prognostic block, consistent with clinical practice
6. Participation in a clinical research trial that included the receipt of an investigational product (IP) or any experimental therapeutic procedure within 30 days prior to the Screening Visit, or planned participation in any such trial
7. Use of anticoagulants and inability to withhold for three days prior to the study RFA procedure with clearance by the prescribing physician
8. Other conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, constitutes a risk or contraindication for participation in the study or that could interfere with the study objectives, conduct, or evaluation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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14 participants in 2 patient groups

Radiofrequency Ablation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patient undergoing genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation.

Treatment:

Device: Radiofrequency Ablation

Sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patient undergoing sham.

Treatment:

Device: Sham