Laser Acupuncture in Rheumatoid Arthritis Geriatric Patients

NCT ID: NCT04758689

Last Updated: 2021-05-06

Study Results

Results pending

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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

2020-11-20

Study Completion Date

2020-12-22

Brief Summary

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Studying the effect of laser acupuncture on geriatric patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Laser acupuncture and aerobic exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Laser, exercise, and methotrexate

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Laser therapy at acupuncture points, aerobic exercise, and methotrexate

Aerobic exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise, and methotrexate

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Aerobic exercise, and methotrexate

Interventions

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Laser, exercise, and methotrexate

Laser therapy at acupuncture points, aerobic exercise, and methotrexate

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Exercise, and methotrexate

Aerobic exercise, and methotrexate

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients referred from physician (immunologist) diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients having the disease overlapping with other connective tissue diseases, such as systematic lupus erythromatosus and systematic sclerosis.
* History of malignancies.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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A. Sedky

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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A. Sedky

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Adly AS, Adly AS, Adly MS. Effects of laser acupuncture tele-therapy for rheumatoid arthritis elderly patients. Lasers Med Sci. 2022 Feb;37(1):499-504. doi: 10.1007/s10103-021-03287-0. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33738615 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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REC/002-2021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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