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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN70292892
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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The efficacy of Chinese herbal recipe versus diclofenac in symptomatic treatment of
osteoarthritis of the knee
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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67/2002
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Study hypothesis
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Not provided at time of registration
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Thailand
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Patients who had been suffering from unilateral or bilateral OA of the knee according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for more than 3 months
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2002
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Anticipated end date
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01/01/2004
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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200
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Interventions
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1st Group: Chinese herbal medicine (6 capsules after meal, 3 times a day) plus placebo of diclofenac (1 capsule after meal, 3 times a day)
2nd Group: Placebo of Chinese herbal medicine (6 capsules after meal, 3 times a day) plus diclofenac (1 capsule after meal, 3 times a day)
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Chiang Mai University (Thailand) - Endowment Fund for Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine
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Trial website
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Publications
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Results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15588333
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Contact name
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Dr
Supanimit
Teekachunhatean
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Address
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Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
Chiang Mai University
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City/town
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Chiang Mai
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Zip/Postcode
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50200
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Country
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Thailand
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Email
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steekach@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
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Sponsor
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Chiang Mai University - Faculty of Medicine (Thailand)
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Address
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City/town
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Chiang Mai
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Zip/Postcode
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50200
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Country
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Thailand
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Email
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nimit@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
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Date applied
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29/11/2004
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Last edited
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07/08/2007
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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29/11/2004
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