New imaging study aims to predict knee arthritis progression
NCT ID NCT03294408
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether special imaging techniques can predict how knee osteoarthritis will get worse over time. Researchers followed 167 people with knee osteoarthritis for 3 years, using MRI, X-rays, and bone texture analysis. The goal was to find patterns that could help identify patients at high risk for disease progression, which could improve future clinical trials and treatments.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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167 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2016
- Finished
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Jun 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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45 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * knee osteoarthritis according to the criteria of knee osteoarthritis of American College of Rheumatology. * Having felt a painful push in the last 6 months. * Visual Analogic Scale pain \> 4 on a 0 to 10 scale. * having a Radiographic score of OARSI (Osteoarthritis Research Society International Score) from 2 to 3 whether it is for the presence of a joint space narrowing or the presence of an osteophyte Exclusion Criteria: * Patello-femoral degenerative osteoarthritis isolated. * Incapacitated to consider the position in schuss for the realization of the radiography. * Valgus \> in 5 ° * Secondary degenerative osteoarthritis
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHR Orléans
Orléans, 45067, France
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Chu Brabois
Nancy, 54511, France
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