NCT00640575

Subacromial Ultrasound-guided or Systemic Steroid Injection for Rotator Cuff Disease, a Randomized Double Blinded Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ullevaal University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Corticosteroid injections is a popular treatment option in shoulder disease. The evidence of effectiveness of corticosteroid injections is however contradicting. The importance of the accuracy of the steroid placement have been discussed and recently there are a few studies indicating better treatment effect if the injections are guided towards specific anatomical structures by real time ultrasound imaging. None of these studies have been double blinded. The aim of this study is to investigate the importance of placement of steroid injection in patients with rotator cuff disease by comparing systemic and ultrasound-guided injection in the subacromial bursa using a double blinded design.

Conditions

• Rotator Cuff Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	triamcinolone and lidocaine hydrochloride	Ultrasound-guided lidocaine hydrochloride 5 ml (10 mg/ml) injection in the subacromial bursa and a triamcinolone 2 ml (10 mg/ml) and 2 ml lidocaine hydrochloride (10 mg/ml) intramuscular injection in the gluteal region
DRUG	triamcinolone and lidocaine hydrochloride	Ultrasound-guided injection of 2 ml triamcinolone (10 mg/ml) and 5 ml lidocaine hydrochloride (10 mg/ml) in the subacromial bursa and 4 ml intramuscular injection of lidocaine hydrochloride in the gluteal region

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-03-01
• Primary completion: 2006-10-01
• Completion: 2006-12-01
• First posted: 2008-03-21
• Last updated: 2011-07-06