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Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a mixed methods study of the feasibility of conducting a surgical placebo-controlled trial (the KORAL study) (Campbell) 180 pages, Volume 14, number 5 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta14050 |
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Headline: |
Study found that although, in principle, a placebo-controlled trial of arthroscopic lavage could be conducted in the UK, because of the difficulty involved and a falling use of arthroscopic lavage, it was agreed not to proceed to full-scale trial |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Campbell M K, Skea Z C, Sutherland A G, Cuthbertson B H, Entwistle V A, McDonald A M, et al. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a mixed methods study of the feasibility of conducting a surgical placebo-controlled trial (the KORAL study). Health Technol Assess 2010;14(5). |
Project ref: |
03/48/01 |
Original project title: |
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee (the KORAL study) |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Marion Campbell, Director, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen |
Start Date: |
July 2005 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
January 2010 |
Cost: |
£205,965 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
OSTEOARTHRITIS-KNEE Q-surgery; DEBRIDEMENT Q-economics; IRRIGATION Q-economics; PAIN Q-prevention-&-control (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMANS; ADULT; PAIN-MEASUREMENT; HEALTH-STATUS; TREAMENT-OUTCOME; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; PILOT-PROJECTS; FEASIBILITY-STUDIES; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 02328576 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN02328576 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484156266 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 305 kbytes) |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
101 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1448 |
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