Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of Knees or Hips.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-01-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To investigate the efficacy and safety of OA1 Extract capsules in the treatment of patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA).

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. Age ≥20 years old 2. Written informed consent obtained 3. Been diagnosed with knee or hip osteoarthritis 4. The physician interpretation of X-ray identification and joint space narrowing or bone spurs confirmed 5. In randomized trials before entering if used steroids or non-steroid medications osteoarthritis stable doses required at least one week 6. The WOMAC osteoarthritis index of the degree of pain assessment in the past two weeks at least> 4ppm pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Pregnant or breast-feeding women. 2. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy in cancer patients