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Interferential Current Therapy for Osteoarthritis (IFC Trial)

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Led By Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD
Research Sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Inclusion Criteria:Adult patients with knee osteoarthritis who have failed conservative therapy and undergoing elected TKA.
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Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 24 hours after surgery
Awards & highlights

IFC Trial Summary

This trial will test the post-operative short term outcomes of patients who receive IFC treatment during their post-total knee arthroplasty surgery hospital stay.

Eligible Conditions
  • Osteoarthritis

IFC Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

IFC Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~24 hours after surgery
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 24 hours after surgery for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Post-operative Opioid Pain Medication Usage
Visual Pain Score
Visual Pain Score (VAS)
Secondary outcome measures
Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AM-PAC) "6-Clicks" Basic Mobility Inpatient Short Form-Scores
Knee Range of Motion

IFC Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: IFC TreatmentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The IFC treatment will be used for 30 minutes, twice a day for two days after the total knee arthroplasty
Group II: PlaceboPlacebo Group1 Intervention
One set of device is programmed to be used as Placebo, the subject will feel the vibration but will not receive a therapeutic signal.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Interferential Current Therapy
2019
N/A
~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Ortho IFC LLCUNKNOWN
Montefiore Medical CenterLead Sponsor
442 Previous Clinical Trials
582,486 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Osteoarthritis
873 Patients Enrolled for Osteoarthritis
Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorAlbert Einstein College of Medicine

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Use of Interferential Current (IFC) Therapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty
2019. "Use of Interferential Current (IFC) Therapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04137731.
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