Research · Meta-analysis
Efficacy and Safety of Curcumin and Curcuma longa Extract in the Treatment of Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
What it found
Curcumin reduced OA pain and stiffness and improved function vs placebo, comparable to NSAIDs with fewer adverse events.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2022
- Sample size
- 2,396
- Population
- adults with arthritis (mostly knee OA)
- Intervention
- curcumin / turmeric extract
- Outcome
- pain, stiffness, function
- Journal
- Frontiers in Immunology
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.