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The follow-up period was 4 months.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Single-centre study conducted at a university medical centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>58 adults with symptomatic mild-to-moderate KOA not improving with conservative treatment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Participants were randomised to receive either GAE treatment or a sham GAE treatment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The primary outcome was reduction of pain measured with the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score pain subscale (0\u2013100, with 0 representing the worst pain outcome and 100 the best) after 4 months. Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 1 and 4 months.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>From June 2019 to December 2021, 58 patients were included. 29 patients were randomised to the GAE group and 29 to the sham group. All participants completed the study. The mean pain reduction after 4 months was 21.4 (95% CI 13.9 to 28.8) for the GAE group and 18.4 points (95% CI 11.6 to 25.1) for the sham group. The between-group difference for the mean pain reduction was 3.0 (95% CI \u22127.1 to 13.0) with an estimated Cohen\u2019s d effect size of d\u2009=\u20090.15 (95% CI \u22120.37 to 0.66). Group allocation was not a significant contributor to pain reduction (p\u2009=\u20090.31). No serious adverse events (AEs) occurred. 23 mild AEs occurred in the GAE group and 5 in the sham group.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We did not establish a clinical effect of GAE in patients with mild-to-moderate KOA as GAE produced a similar effect on pain reduction as a sham GAE procedure.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Trial registration number<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                     <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"clintrialgov\" xlink:href=\"NCT03884049\">NCT03884049<\/jats:ext-link>.<\/jats:p>\n               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