Intraarticular Glucose Versus Hyaluronic Acid Injection for Knee Osteoarthrosis

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study is a prospective, randomized controlled, double-blind study. The enrolled patients were randomly divided into two groups: the intraarticular glucose group and the intraarticular HA group.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Treatments: Hyaluronic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. people aged 45 years or more;

2. subjects diagnosed with knee OA according to the clinical criteria of the American College of Rheumatology

3. subjects diagnosed with grade II or III OA during radiological examination as defined by the radiological classification of Kellgren and Lawrence (K-L) scale for knee OA

4. subjects with tenderness in the medial tibial plateau area

Exclusion Criteria:

1. . subjects having other illnesses of neurologic diseases, cardiac disorders, hemodynamically unstable systems, or physical functions;

2. . Inflammatory arthritis or subjects with acute knee arthritis

3. . subjects who have received intraarticular injection on the affected knee within the past 3 months.

4. . subjects with previous medical histories involving the affected knee such as surgeries, cancer and maligament tumors.