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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01105936
Date of registration: 04/03/2010
Primary sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
Public title: Assess the Blood-Oxygen-Level-Dependent (BOLD) Signal Changes in the Brain by Paracetamol as Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Subjects With Osteoarthritis (OA)
Scientific title: A Randomised, Double-blind, Evaluation of the Effects of Paracetamol on the BOLD fMRI Response to Painful Stimuli in Subjects With Osteoarthritis
Date of first enrolment: September 2010
Target sample size: 26
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01105936
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:   GSK Clinical Trials
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Affiliation:  GlaxoSmithKline
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of osteoarthritis of at least one knee for 3 months

- Male or female at least 45 years of age

- Score a minimum of 4 out of 10 on the numerical pain rating and a maximum of 8 at
screening

Exclusion Criteria:

- If female, is pregnant, lactating, or breast feeding

- Has secondary cause of knee arthritis

- Lower extremity surgery in the last 6 months

- Prior injury in the last twelve months to the index knee

- Used any analgesics (NSAIDs, COX2 inhibitor, etc) within 5 half lives of study start

- Recently used oral or injected glucocorticoids



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Intervention(s)
Drug: Paracetamol
Drug: Placebo
Other: No treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
BOLD fMRI responses to painful mechanical stimulation of the osteoarthritic knee approximately 2-5 hours after final dose [Time Frame: Approximately 2-5 hours after taking the final dose]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pain assessment on a numerical rating scale measured approximately 2-5 hours after final dose [Time Frame: Approximately 2-5 hours after taking the final dose]
Secondary ID(s)
A3360529
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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