Leeches for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

118

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 29, 2004

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2004

Conditions

OsteoarthritisArthralgia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Single Leeching

PROCEDURE

Repeated Leeching after 4 weeks

PROCEDURE

Placebo Leeching

Trial Locations (1)

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Germany, Aachen

All Listed Sponsors

collaborator

University Hospital, Aachen

OTHER

lead

RWTH Aachen University

OTHER

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