Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02027792
Cabbage Leaf Wraps in Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Randomised Controlled Trial on the Efficacy of Cabbage Leaf Wraps in Symptomatic Primary Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 81 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This randomised controlled trial aims to investigate the efficacy of cabbage leaf cataplasms in the treatment of primary symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee. 81 patients will be randomised into one of 3 groups and apply either cabbage leaf cataplasm or diclofenac gel daily for 4 weeks or receive only usual care. Efficacy will be measured using questionnaire on pain, disability, quality of life and pressure pain sensitivity.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Cabbage leave wraps | |
| DRUG | Diclofenac Gel |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-08-01
- Completion
- 2014-08-01
- First posted
- 2014-01-06
- Last updated
- 2018-05-02
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02027792. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.