Clinical trials: Chronic Rheumatic Diseases
Stroke, Hip Fractures
Outcome of Rehabilitation of Older People in Primary Health Care
The Outcome of Multi-Disciplinary, Structured Rehabilitation of Older People in a District Inpatient Rehabilitation Centre is better than in a Standard Primary Health Care Rehabilitation Programme in Short Term Beds in Nursing…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Hip Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Chronic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01457300
- Testing
- Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 302 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Gonarthrosis; Primary, Genicular Nerve Block
Genicular Nerve Block in Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether genicular nerve block (GNB) is effective in reducing pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. It will also assess the comparative efficacy of different injection protocols.
- Conditions
- Gonarthrosis; Primary, Genicular Nerve Block, Gonarthritis
- Trial name
- GNB-KOA-RCT (NCT07174167)
- Testing
- Genicular nerve block with prilocaine, genicular nerve block with prilocaine and triamcinolone
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital
COVID-19, SARS-CoV Infection
Seroprevalence Study of CoV-2-SARS (COVID-19) Infection in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases has not yet been widely reported, and has been evaluated only in symptomatic patient samples.
- Conditions
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV Infection, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthritis
- Trial name
- COVID-RIC1 (NCT04655612)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Pain Syndrome, Pain, Chronic
Validity, Reliability and Responsiveness of Pain Sensitization Questionnaire
The aim of this study was to translate the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire, which was developed to determine the level of pain sensitivity of individuals, to Turkish and to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish…
- Conditions
- Pain Syndrome, Pain, Chronic, Knee Osteoarthritis
- Trial name
- NCT04162730
- Testing
- Pressure pain threshold and behavioural data
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
Osteo Arthritis Knee, Chronic Pain
Addition of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation to an Education and Exercise Program in Subjects With Chronic Pain Due to Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis has a very high prevalence in the population over 50 years of age. Patients with osteoarthritis often suffer from chronic pain that becomes disabling, affecting both quality of life and mental and physical…
- Trial name
- NCT05138471
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), TENS, Exercise and General Education
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Murcia
Fibromyalgia
Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Fibromyalgia
Vagus nerve stimulation is thought to reduce sympathetic nerve outflow and so can improve sympathetic hyperactivity in fibromyalgia patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06237595
- Testing
- Vagus nerve stimulation, Medical treatment, Combined vagus nerve stimulation and medical treatment
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Kasr El Aini Hospital
Chronic Low-back Pain, Chronic Pain
Chromatic Retinal Stimulation to Reduce Chronic Pain and Pain Sensitivity
Participants with chronic pain conditions including chronic low back pain and fibromyalgia may benefit from light stimuli presented to the retina to reduce chronic pain severity and pain sensitivity.
- Conditions
- Chronic Low-back Pain, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia
- Trial name
- NCT05956067
- Testing
- Green Light stimulation, Equal Energy White stimulation, S-cone modulating white light
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Back Pain, Coronary Artery Disease
Detecting and Addressing Preclinical Disability
The Physical Functioning Inventory (PFI) is a standardized patient reported outcome measure that assesses preclinical disability.
- Conditions
- Back Pain, Coronary Artery Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT01979081
- Testing
- Tailored advice from a physiotherapist and/or an occupational therapist through the myOSCAR patient portal
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Osteoarthritis
Systemic Effects of Chronic Metal Ion Exposure From Metal-on Metal Hip Resurfacing
In recent years hip resurfacing has become a very popular alternative treatment to total hip replacement for the treatment of hip arthritis.
- Trial name
- Metal Ions (NCT01493141)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Fibromyalgia, Healthy Volunteers
Explosive Synchronization of Brain Network Activity in Chronic Pain
This project is being conducted to evaluate the impact of explosive synchronization (ES) and its treatment with non-invasive brain stimulation in fibromyalgia (FM).
- Trial name
- NCT04606095
- Testing
- EEG, Neuroimaging EEG/fMRI (Aim 1), HD-tDCS treatments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida
Downstream Effects of Personalized 'Top-down' Participation-based Interventions Among Youth With Physical Disabilities
Participation in community-based activities is essential to the health and well-being of youth with physical disabilities; yet, it is extremely restricted.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida, Musculoskeletal Disorder, Juvenile Arthritis
- Trial name
- NCT05784285
- Testing
- Engagement in a 8-week community-based activity program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Insomnia Chronic, Osteoarthritis
Audio-visual Stimulation for Sleep Promotion in Older Adults With Osteoarthritis Pain
Background and Purpose: The purpose of the study is to test the efficacy of an audio-visual stimulation program for sleep promotion in adults with chronic pain.
- Conditions
- Insomnia Chronic, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Chronic
- Trial name
- NCT03441191
- Testing
- Audiovisual Stimulation
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Diabetes Mellitus, Congestive Heart Failure
Relative Impacts on Preventative Primary Care--a Longitudinal Evaluation of COVID-19:Phase 1
The goal of this observational study is to describe the impacts of COVID-19 on primary care chronic condition management in Canada within various patient populations.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- RIPPLE-C (NCT05813652)
- Testing
- Pre-pandemic time period (Jun 22, 2018 to March 12, 2020), Peri-pandemic time period (March 13, 2020 to December 3, 2021)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 919,928 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Bone Marrow Edema, Knee Osteoarthritis
Focused Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Knee Arthritis
Subchondral bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in knee osteoarthritis (OA) are strongly associated with presence and severity of knee pain, structural deterioration, disease progression with an increased risk of total knee arthroplasty.
- Conditions
- Bone Marrow Edema, Knee Osteoarthritis, Knee Pain Chronic
- Trial name
- NCT05596591
- Testing
- Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation