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Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Post-knee Arthroplasty Chronic Pain.

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllConsorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf
NCT05920382 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Knee osteoarthritis pain is one of the conditions commonly seen in general and specialized medicine. Knee arthroplasty is one of the most successful orthopedic surgeries for the treatment of this disease, significantly improving pain, disability, and the overall quality of life for patients who undergo it. However, there is a subgroup of individuals in whom the pain persists or even worsens. Radiofrequency has been introduced over 10 years ago as a neuroablative technique targeting the genicular nerves, which innervate the sensory terminals of the knee joint, for the treatment of chronic pain in that region before or after arthroplasty. However, the results have not been entirely consistent. Recent anatomical studies have demonstrated the presence of other sensory terminal branches of the femoral nerve, such as the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve, medial vastus nerve, interme

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals who have undergone knee arthroplasty. * Chronic knee pain post-knee arthroplasty for at least 6 months after the procedure and less than 5 years. * Pain intensity on the numerical visual scale ≥ 5 out of 10 points. * Stable pain for the last 30 days. * The knee is the location with the highest intensity of pain, in the case of patients with multiple joint pains. Exclusion Criteria: * Acute knee pain. * Psychiatric illness or dementia that may interfere with or hinder study assessments. * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, or central sensitization syndrome. * Knee infiltration with corticosteroids in the past 30 days. * Changes in oral analgesic medication in the past 30 days.
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What it tests

  • Radiofrequency ablation of peripheral nerves.
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Where

1 site
Consorci Sanitari Alt'Pènedes i Garraf
Barcelona, Spain
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