Innovative Device for Pain Management by Millimeter Band Radiation : Electronic-Pain Killer.

NCT ID: NCT04590079

Last Updated: 2023-02-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-14

Study Completion Date

2022-08-24

Brief Summary

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In this study, in addition of conventional treatment, the efficacy of the medical device, Remedee One, in medical care of patients with peripheral osteoarthritis pain is evaluated.

Detailed Description

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Osteoarthritis affects 10 millions people in France (17% of the population). It's the second cause of disability and consultation after the cardiovascular diseases in France. For the moment, there is no curative treatment for osteoarthritis The main clinical sign of this disease is pain and care is based on the treatment of pain and on the improvement of functionnal disability. The proposed treatments are mainly based on the use of oral analgesics treatments .

At present, patients report to be insufficiently relieved. New strategies need to be developed. The hypothesis is that the use of an innovative medical device, Remedee One, can reduce the pain felt by patients, improve their quality of life and reduce the analgesics consumption.

The choice is oriented on the peripheral osteoarthritis and excludes spinal osteoarthritis because it's an osteoarthritis always asymptomatic and painless.

Conditions

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Osteoarthritis Peripheral Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

First intervention group: patients with peripheral osteoarthritis who will have: 3 months of conventional pain treatment and daily sessions with the medical device followed by 1 month of wash out and then 3 months of conventional pain treatment.

Second intervention group: patients with peripheral osteoarthritis who will have: 3 months of conventional pain treatment followed by 1 month of wash out followed by 3 months of conventional pain treatment and daily sessions with the medical device.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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First intervention group

Patients suffering from peripheral osteoarthritis who will have : 3 months of conventional pain treatment and daily sessions with the medical device - 1 month of wash-out - 3 months of conventional pain treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Conventional pain treatment with daily sessions with innovative medical device, Remedee One, for pain management by Millimeter Band Radiation

Intervention Type DEVICE

Conventional pain treatement with daily sessions with innovative medical device for pain management (radiation in millimeter band) at the rate of 1 to 3 sessions by day of 40 minutes for 3 months.

Second intervention group

Patients suffering from peripheral osteoarthritis who will have : 3 months of conventional pain treatment - 1 month of wash-out - 3 months of conventional pain treatment and daily sessions with the medical device.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Conventional pain treatment with daily sessions with innovative medical device, Remedee One, for pain management by Millimeter Band Radiation

Intervention Type DEVICE

Conventional pain treatement with daily sessions with innovative medical device for pain management (radiation in millimeter band) at the rate of 1 to 3 sessions by day of 40 minutes for 3 months.

Interventions

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Conventional pain treatment with daily sessions with innovative medical device, Remedee One, for pain management by Millimeter Band Radiation

Conventional pain treatement with daily sessions with innovative medical device for pain management (radiation in millimeter band) at the rate of 1 to 3 sessions by day of 40 minutes for 3 months.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult ≥ 50 years
* Patient followed in rhumatology consultation or at the center of the pain of the University Hospital of Grenoble or in liberal for peripheral osteoarthritis (ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, digital) clinically and radiologically confirmed according to the recommendations of the American College of Rheumatology.
* Patient with a pain score on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ≥ 4 on a numerical scale of 0 to 10 (average VAS intensity over the week prior to the inclusion visit),
* Patient with a stable analgesic treatment without introduction of a new therapeutic class within the last 3 months,
* Patient with a wrist size compatible with the size of the medical device
* Patient affiliated to social security or beneficiary of such a scheme.
* Having signed a consent to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient with chronic inflammatory joint disease (chronic inflammatory rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic rheumatism, spondyloarthritis, lupus),
* Patient who received an intra-articular corticosteroid injection within 3 months prior to inclusion,
* Patient with surgery scheduled within the next eight months,
* Patient presenting at both wrists a dermatological pathology such as oozing dermatosis, hyper sweating or an unhealed lesion,
* Patient having a piercing or implanted metallic material on both wrists,
* Patient with a tattoo on both wrists,
* Patient deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
* Patient subject to legal protection or unable to express his consent (guardianship or curatorship)
* Patient in exclusion period of another interventional study
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Remedee SA

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Clinical Investigation Centre for Innovative Technology Network

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Grenoble

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Caroline MAINDET, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Grenoble

Locations

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University Hospital

Grenoble, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Usichenko TI, Edinger H, Gizhko VV, Lehmann C, Wendt M, Feyerherd F. Low-intensity electromagnetic millimeter waves for pain therapy. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2006 Jun;3(2):201-7. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nel012. Epub 2006 Apr 24.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16786049 (View on PubMed)

Maindet C, Giai J, Leroy C, Proust M, Lalami G, Boudry I, Thiers M, Bosson JL, Grange L. Efficacy and safety of a millimetre wave medical device for pain neuromodulation in peripheral osteoarthritis: a crossover randomised trial. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Sep 13:keaf486. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf486. Online ahead of print.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40971509 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://www.arthrolink.com/fr/dossiers-arthrose/tous-les-dossiers/peut-on-prevenir-l-arthrose

Bourgeois P, Berenhaum F, Gibert E. Peut-on prévenir l'arthrose ? Arthrolink.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03889288?term=EPIKARD&draw=2&rank=1

Innovative Device for Pain Management by Millimeter Band Radiation: Electronic-Pain Killer (EPIKARD)

http://www.cic-it.fr/cic-it-grenoble.php

Clinical Investigation Centre for Innovative Technology Network website

Other Identifiers

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38RC20.088

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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