About this trial
Among knee degenerative osteoarthritis patients aged 50 or older, it will prove the therapeutic effect and safety of Nexsphere-F embolization for patients who need additional treatment because pain is not controlled even if conventional treatments are taken.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Those who fall under Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 to 3 according to the criteria in accordance with ACR guidelines and X-ray findings used within 12 months
VAS score exceeding 50mm
An adult male and female over 50 years of age
Preservative therapy Glucosamine chondroitin sulfate/physiological therapy and rehabilitation exercises, and joint injections of hyaluronic acid for more than 12 weeks
Disqualifiers
A locally infected patient
A person whose life expectancy is less than six months
A person with symptoms of lower extremities that are considered secondary to atherosclerosis or arterial vascular disease (ex: claudication ischemic rest pain)
A person diagnosed with rheumatism or infectious arthritis
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Transcatheter Arterial Micro-Embolization