Effectiveness of a Knee Brace When Combined With Viscosupplementation in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Knee Osteoarthritis

In brief

Hypothesis: Viscosupplementation when combined with an off-loading knee brace is more effective in treating the symptoms of knee OA then treating with viscosupplementation alone

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01478386

Run by

OAD Orthopaedics

People needed

11

Starts

2011-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-07-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects, over the age of 18, with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis which is confirmed by radiographs.
• Radiographs will be obtained and patients with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis will qualify a subject for enrollment.
• Subjects will also have a documented varus deformity.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with severe arthritis as demonstrated by radiographs.
• In addition those subjects with a known or suspected joint infection and subjects who had undergone arthrocentesis and/or intra-articular injection within 3 months of the study will be excluded.
• Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding will also be excluded.

Where it is running

• OAD Orthopaedics — Warrenville, Illinois, United States

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