Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00435773
Leeches for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Single and Repeated Leech Therapy for the Treatment of Late Stage Knee Osteoarthritis. A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Comparative Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 118 (planned)
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Previous studies have not addressed the question, whether or not a repeated leeching can supply symptomatic relief of osteoarthritic pain for extended periods of time. We present a randomized study to the effectiveness of single and repeated leech therapy in cases with advanced osteoarthritis of the knee using a large patient group compared to a control group, who were both blinded to the actual treatment modality.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Single Leeching | |
| PROCEDURE | Repeated Leeching after 4 weeks | |
| PROCEDURE | Placebo Leeching |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-02-01
- Completion
- 2004-12-01
- First posted
- 2007-02-15
- Last updated
- 2007-04-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00435773. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.