Cryoneurolysis Versus Radiofrequency in Knee Osteoarthritis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTanta University

About this trial

The project will evaluate the effectiveness of Cryoneurolysis versus radiofrequency procedures in adult patients who are resistant to traditional treatment for knee pain. They are a drug-free pain management procedure.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years with a clinical diagnosis of refractory knee OA who suffered from knee pain.

Patients who cannot afford intra-articular injections.

patients who had failed 2 different oral pain medications, and 6 weeks of physical therapy.

Disqualifiers

Patients with OA show improvement in pain after physiotherapy.

patients evaluated by an orthopedic surgeon and deemed to be surgical candidates due to knee pathologies other than OA.

pregnant patients.

patients on anticoagulation therapy, who were not permitted to stop anticoagulation.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cryoneurolysis

    Device

    Cryoneurolysis freezes nerves

  • radiofrequency (RF)

    Device

    radiofrequency (RF) uses electric pulses

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Group I will be treated with CryoneurolysisExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Group II will be treated with radiofrequency (RF)Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Change in visual analogue scale after intervention

Decrement (clinical improvement) in visual analogue scale (VAS) immediately after intervention. The participant's knee discomfort was measured using a VAS. Participants were asked to score their level of pain on a 100-mm horizontal line, ranging from 0 to 100.

Time frame
immediately after intervention

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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