Radiation Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This study tests a low-dose radiation treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain. If you have moderate arthritis pain and are a Mayo Clinic patient in Rochester, you may be able to join.
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Who can take part
- You must be between 50 and 100 years old.
- You have moderate knee pain that bothers you at least some of the time.
- Your main doctor is at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
- You have been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (not another type of arthritis).
- You have not had sudden attacks of knee swelling, redness, or heat.
- Your knee X-ray from the past year shows a moderate amount of arthritis (grade 2 or 3).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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