NCT07789340Recruiting
Unipolar Versus Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation in Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Unipolar Versus Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation in Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: A Randomized Single-Blinded Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to compare the efficacy of unipolar versus bipolar radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in knee osteoarthritis pain.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 64 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 24 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 29 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Tanta University
- NCT number
- NCT07789340
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 64
- From 29 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Jun 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior knee surgery.
- Intra-articular knee corticosteroid or hyaluronic acids in the past 3 months.
- Anticoagulant medication.
Other illness
- Chronic knee pain induced by infection, inflammation, tumors, and fractures.
- Connective tissue diseases.
- Neurologic or psychiatric disorders.
- Local infection of the site of intervention.
- Cognitive impairment.
Other
- Acute knee pain.
Who the study is looking for
- Age \> 50 years.
- Both genders.
- Diagnosed with chronic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria and confirmed with plain radiography as the gold standard for the diagnosis of KOA.
- One chronic KOA pain not responding to other treatments as physiotherapy, oral analgesics, and intraarticular injection with hyaluronic acids or steroids.
- Kellgren-Lawrence grade (II-IV).
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanta university Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tanta | Egypt | Recruiting |
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