NCT02473315

Assessment of Whole Body Cryotherapy in Treatment of Active Axial Spondylarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Whole body cryotherpy (WBC) is a well-tolerated procedure that implies patients' exposition at a temperature of approximately -110 degrees. A considerable increase in the popularity of WBC has occurred in rheumatologic patients, despite a lack of evidences of its efficiency. Because of its interesting anti-inflammatory properties, the investigators think that WBC could be an alternative treatment to classical NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs) and corticosteroids, in patients suffering from axial spondyloarthritis. This is a proof of concept study.

Conditions

• Spondylarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	cryotherapy	The treatment arm :Whole body cryotherpy (WBC) (20 sessions of 3 minutes at a temperature of -110 degrees Celsius, on the basis of two sessions a day, spread over two weeks). The control arm : Whole body cryotherpy (WBC) (20 sessions of 1 minute at a temperature of -60 degrees Celsius, on the basis of two sessions a day, spread over two weeks).

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-09-18
• Completion: 2022-10-28
• First posted: 2015-06-16
• Last updated: 2022-11-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France