Comparative Clinical Trial of Lornoxicam to Diclofenac in Patients of Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the pain relieving action of the lornoxicam and diclofenac in patients of OA knee.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Government Medical College, Bhavnagar
• Treatments: Diclofenac; Lornoxicam; Piroxicam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Newly diagnosed patient aged between 25 to 65 yrs of either gender suffering from osteoarthritis of knee according to criteria given by American College of Rheumatology

• Informed consent obtained from the patient.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with any other systemic llness,

• Patients with pregnancy and lactation,

• Patients taking other drugs like lithium[4], digoxin, methotrexate, anticoagulants, antidiabetics, diuretics,

• Patients with H/O hypersensitivity to NSAIDs,

• Patients who had consumed any analgesics in last 1 month