Abstracts tagged "curcuma longa"

Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
A Randomised Clinical Trial of Curcuma Longa Extract for Treating Symptoms and Effusion-Synovitis of Knee Osteoarthritis
Zhiqiang Wang ¹, Graeme Jones ², Tania Winzenberg ¹, Guoqi Cai ¹, Laura Laslett ², Dawn Aitken ¹, Ingrid Hopper ³, Robert Jones ⁴, Changhai Ding ², Jurgen Fripp ⁵ and Benny Antony², ¹Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, ²Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ³Department of Epidemiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁴Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, ⁵The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Background/Purpose: Pharmacological therapies are limited, associated with off-target effects, are frequently contraindicated, and only modestly effective for pain in osteoarthritis (OA). Effusion and synovitis are…