Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy for Hand OsteoArthritis Pain
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Different types of pain may be present in patients with hand osteoarthritis, including nociceptive pain and non-nociceptive pain. This makes adequate pain treatment difficult, and thus new treatment options are needed. To this end, this trial will evaluate the effect of transcutaneous pulsed radiofrequency for the treatment of hand osteoarthritis pain.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Age 18-80
• Hand osteoarthritis according to the ACR criteria
• Hand pain of at least 30mm on a 100mm VAS
• Chronic hand pain
Locations
Other Locations
Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Centre
RECRUITING
Leiden
Contact Information
Primary
Margreet Kloppenburg, Prof. Dr.
g.kloppenburg@lumc.nl
+31(0)715263423
Backup
Miranda Van Lunteren, Dr
onderzoekcoreum@lumc.nl
+31(0)715263592
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-04-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-02-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Active_comparator: Transcutaneous pulsed radiofrequency
After signing informed consent, patients assigned to the intervention group by randomization will receive a single treatment with transcutaneous pulsed radiofrequency.
Sham_comparator: Sham
After signing informed consent, patients assigned to the sham group by randomization will receive a single treatment with sham, which is indistinguishable from the active treatment. This is achieved by putting the device in demo mode, which gives all the same audiovisual signals as the active mode, but no treatment. Given that the treatment is not felt by patients, this ensures blinding.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Leiden University Medical Center