Assessment of a Knee Brace in Patients With Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT02706106

Last Updated: 2016-03-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 108 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2016-03-31

Brief Summary

It is a controlled clinical trial randomized, double-blind evaluator. Will be considered eligible patients, individuals of both sexes, aged 40 -60, to submit at least four items of knee osteoarthrosis classification criteria, according to the American College of Rheumatology, pain above four points in the visual analogue scale (VAS), diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and who sought physical therapy treatment.

Patients will be randomized by a number sequence generated by a computer using Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington), in opaque envelopes by researcher who will not attend the study.Patients will be divided into two groups: group with knee patellar hole or group without knee patellar hole. Shortly after the selection of the knee, the patient will have his eyes blind or cover in order to keep it '' blind '' regarding the type of knee brace that it would use.

Finally evaluator 1 will cover the knee with a black cloak, making the second evaluator ''blind '' regarding the type of knee brace that will be used.

Two investigators will carry out the data collection. The first evaluator will collect information on the clinical characteristics of patients, including evaluation form, numerical pain scale, which measures the intensity of pain, test Time Up and Go (TUG) test that measures the basic mobility of movement and test walking eight meters, whose purpose is to measure the time that the individual takes to walk a distance of eight meters.

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Knee brace with a hole

Patients will be prepared to receive the device of knee brace with a hole in the sit position. This intervention will be blinded. Patients will receive a mask covering their eyes and the knee brace will be placed by the researchers, then the knee area will be covered with a dark clothing bag, so the patient will not be able to guess which type of brace is wearing (with or without a hole). Patient will perform the tests without the mask covering their eyes and only the dark clot bag on their knee.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Knee brace

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Patients will be prepared to receive the device of knee brace with or without a hole in the sit position. This intervention will be blinded. Patients will receive a mask covering their eyes and the knee brace will be placed by the researchers, then the knee area will be covered with a dark clothing bag, so the patient will not be able to guess which type of brace is wearing (with or without a hole). Patient will perform the tests without the mask covering their eyes and only the dark clot bag on their knee.

Knee brace without a hole

Patients will be prepared to receive the device of knee brace without a hole in the sit position. This intervention will be blinded. Patients will receive a mask covering their eyes and the knee brace will be placed by the researchers, then the knee area will be covered with a dark clothing bag, so the patient will not be able to guess which type of brace is wearing (with or without a hole). Patient will perform the tests without the mask covering their eyes and only the dark clot bag on their knee.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Knee brace

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Patients will be prepared to receive the device of knee brace with or without a hole in the sit position. This intervention will be blinded. Patients will receive a mask covering their eyes and the knee brace will be placed by the researchers, then the knee area will be covered with a dark clothing bag, so the patient will not be able to guess which type of brace is wearing (with or without a hole). Patient will perform the tests without the mask covering their eyes and only the dark clot bag on their knee.

Interventions

Knee brace

Patients will be prepared to receive the device of knee brace with or without a hole in the sit position. This intervention will be blinded. Patients will receive a mask covering their eyes and the knee brace will be placed by the researchers, then the knee area will be covered with a dark clothing bag, so the patient will not be able to guess which type of brace is wearing (with or without a hole). Patient will perform the tests without the mask covering their eyes and only the dark clot bag on their knee.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• individuals of both sexes
• aged 40 -60
• at least four items of knee osteoarthrosis classification criteria, according to the American College of Rheumatology,
• pain above four points in the visual analogue scale (VAS)
• diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis
• no physical therapy treatment prior

Exclusion Criteria

• neurological impairment
• partial or total knee prosthesis
• cardio-respiratory diseases
• pregnant women
• individuals who failed to perform the tests proposed

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Marco Aurélio Nemitalla Added

Master in Science

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Marco N Added, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo

Locations

Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo

São Paulo, , Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

SCMAA01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id