Randomized Trial in knEe Osteoarthritis Using Low Intensity Ultrasound - Evaluating Feasibility (RELIEF)

NATerminatedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2014

Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis
Interventions
DEVICE

low intensity, pulsed ultrasound

1.5MHz, spatial average-temporal average intensity = 0.03W/cm2, pulsed (burst frequency 1kHz, burst duration 200µm, duty cycle 20%); self-administered to the medial side of the knee joint while sitting down for 20 minutes every day for 3 months.

DEVICE

sham ultrasound

no ultrasonic energy emitted; self-administered to the medial side of the knee joint while sitting down for 20 minutes every day for 3 months

Trial Locations (1)

L8S 1C7

Regional Joint Assessment Program - HHS/SJHH, Hamilton

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Bioventus LLC

INDUSTRY

collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

lead

McMaster University

OTHER