Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00506038
Efficacy Study of Fine Needle Technique on Calcific Tendinitis
Phase 2 Study of the Fine Needle Technique on Calcific Tendinitis
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Background: Calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff may cause chronic pain at the shoulder. Sometimes the pain can lead to a serious impairment in the daily life. One of the most efficient treatments is percutaneous needle aspiration using ultrasound guidance. This treatment includes identification the tendonitis with US or screening , local anesthesia and then puncturing the calcium in the rotator cuff many times. The treatment is short 5-10 minutes, relatively cheap ,safe and usually with good outcomes. However in the literature there is a lack of controlled prospective trials. Our goal is to set a study that will evaluate this treatment between two groups: 1. Puncturing the calcium in the rotator cuff 15 times (the experiment group) 2. Puncturing the calcium in the rotator cuff twice (the controlled group)
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | fine needle technique |
Timeline
- First posted
- 2007-07-25
- Last updated
- 2009-06-23
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00506038. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.