Trials / Not Yet Recruiting
Not Yet RecruitingNCT07072442
Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine for Knee Osteoarthritis
Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine for Knee Osteoarthritis: Model of Patient Centered Healthcare and Shared Decision-making
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 228 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study aims to investigate if an integrated approach combining Traditional Chinese and Western medicine can better treat knee osteoarthritis. The goal is to see if this combined therapy can more effectively reduce pain severity and frequency, leading to an improved quality of life for KOA patients. Additionally, the study will explore the underlying mechanisms of pain and anti-inflammation related to KOA.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Western Medicine | Western medicine treatment only |
| PROCEDURE | herbal medicine and acupuncture | Western medicine combined acupuncture and herbal medicine treatemnt |
| DRUG | herbal medicine | Western medicine combined herbal medicine |
| PROCEDURE | acupuncture | western medicine combined acupuncture |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2028-06-30
- Completion
- 2028-07-31
- First posted
- 2025-07-18
- Last updated
- 2025-07-18
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07072442. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.