Moxibustion in Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Phase 3 Completed 144 enrolled Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

This is a multicenter , double-blinded, double-dummy, randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of moxibustion for osteoarthritis of the knee.

Timeline

Start: 2016-05
Primary completion: 2019-06
Completion: 2019-06

Publications

Zhou JY, Luo L, Zhu LL, Yin HY, Wu Q, Peng JX, Zhang CS, Lv P, Tang Y, Yu SG. Moxibustion versus diclofenac sodium gel for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a study protocol for a double-blinded, double-placebo, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2017 Apr 12;7(4):e012879. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012879.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Diclofenac	Other / unclassified	4 g	Topical

Moxibustion in Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Summary

Timeline

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Drugs

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