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CompletedPhase 2

Initial Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety and Temporary Symptom Improvement Efficacy of CKD-981

Key facts

Who runs it
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical
Where
South Korea1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
People taking part
100 people enrolled
Started
28 Apr 2025
Ended
28 Oct 2025
Type of study
Interventional, 4 groupsOne group gets a sham (pretend) treatment, for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • CKD-981(1)
  • CKD-981(2)
  • Sham device
  • Reference Drug
  • Placebo Drug
Record updated
13 April 2026

Who can take part

Age
40 years to 80 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patients between 40 years and 80 years old
  • Patients who have experiencing knee pain more than 8 weeks
  • VAS more than 40 mm
  • Kellgren and Lawrence grade 2 and 3 in X' ray knee joint

Who cannot take part

  • Previous knee surgery in affected side
  • Patients with Rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, Paget's disease
  • Infection of knee joint
  • BMI more than 35kg/m2

This trial has no sites in United States.

It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The purpose of this study is to prove that the temporary symptom improvement effect on knee osteoarthritis using CKD-981

The 4 groups in the trial

  • Expermental group 1Treatment being tested

    Patients assigned to this group will receive treatment with the medical device CKD-981(1) in combination with a placebo.

    Treatment: CKD-981(1) and Placebo Drug

  • Expermental group 2Treatment being tested

    Patients assigned to this group will receive treatment with the medical device CKD-981(2) in combination with a placebo.

    Treatment: CKD-981(2) and Placebo Drug

  • Sham groupSham treatment, for comparison

    Patients assigned to this group will receive treatment with the sham device in combination with a placebo.

    Treatment: Sham device and Placebo Drug

  • Reference groupSham treatment, for comparison

    Patients assigned to this group will receive treatment with the sham device in combination with a reference drug.

    Treatment: Sham device and Reference Drug

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Sham-controlled, Initial Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety and Temporary Symptom Improvement Efficacy of CKD-981 in Patients With Degenerative Knee Osteoarthritis
Record updated
13 April 2026