Efficacy and safety of piascledine 300 versus chondroitin sulfate in a 6 months treatment plus 2 months observation in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 659-670

  Karel, Pavelka ^a   Coste, Philippe ^b   Géher, Pál ^c   Krejci, Gerhard ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Laboratoires Expanscience   (France)

^c Hospital of St John's of God ^*  (Hungary)

^d Clinical Investigations Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chondroitin; Gonarthrosis; Osteoarthritis; Piascledine; SYSADOA

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; PIASCLEDINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEMOROTIBIAL GONARTHROSIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REST; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77954427387     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1384-8     Document Type: Article

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