Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:55 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:55 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04834050
Eligibility Criteria:
The inclusion criteria for all participants were being between 18-65 yy.
The inclusion criteria for RA patients were: confirmed diagnosis of RA according to 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria and lack of any other inflammatory articular diseases.
The inclusion criteria for knee OA patients were: diagnosis according to ACR classification criteria of knee OA with grade 2-3 according to the Kellgren-Lawrence grading system and lack of any other inflammatory articular diseases.
Volunteers who did not have any knee pain, no clinical degenerative or inflammatory signs were included in the healthy control group.
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Exclusion criteria for all participants were: being out of age range, history of knee joint trauma, surgery or knee joint injection in the previous 6 months, presence of any other disease that can affect thigh muscles (radiculopathy, myopathy, hip problems). Patients with secondary knee OA were not included.
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Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT04834050
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04834050