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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Natural Senolytic Agents and NLRP3 Inhibitors in Treatment of Osteoarthritis: Randomized, Double Blinded ,Placebo Controlled Trial

Trial registry update: SUSPENDED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.

RCTN=60Notable significance
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What this changes

The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.

Source date: Jul 25, 2023 · Discovered: Sep 16, 2026 · Assessed: — · Historical research backfill

What it does not prove

  • The abstract does not report the actual results—whether senolytics reduced pain, effusion volume, or any other measured outcomes—so efficacy cannot be assessed from this text alone.
  • Single-center design at one Egyptian hospital limits generalizability to other populations or healthcare settings.
  • Natural product formulations have variable composition and bioavailability; results do not clarify which component(s) drove any observed effect.

Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.

Design
Rct
Sample size
60
Duration
3 months
Population
60 participants with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and ultrasonography-defined effusion-synovitis
Primary outcome
Change in knee pain (assessed by visual analogue scale VAS) and effusion-synovitis volume on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Effect size
—
Significance
Not reported
Journal
Assiut University
Published
Jul 25, 2023

Recorded source passages

Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
60 participants with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and ultrasonography-defined effusion-synovitis. Randomized to 3 arms ( natural Senolytic agents alone, natural senolytic plus natural NLRP3 Inflammasome inhibitors and placebo)
1250 mg/day quercetin + 1000mg/day Fisetin for 3 consecutive days every 3 weeks (n = 20), quercetin + Fisetin for 3 consecutive days followed by 100mg/day glycyrrhizin for one week every 3 weeks (n=20) or matched placebo (n = 20) over 15 weeks
The primary outcome measures were change in knee pain (assessed by visual analogue scale VAS) and effusion-synovitis volume on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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