NCT03072290

Corticosteroid Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Comparison of Different Dose of Steroid Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare the effectiveness of different dose of ultrasound guided steroid injection in patient with carpal tunnel syndrome, by using clinical and electrophysiological parameters in evlauation

Detailed description

This is a prospective, single-blinded randomized controlled study to determine the efficacy of low dose corticosteroid in patient with CTS. Patient with CTS were randomly assigned to group receiving ultrasound guided steroid injection with different dosage of triamcinolone acetonide (Shincort) mixed, 1ml 10mg (10mg/ml) or 1ml 40mg (40mg/ml) with 1 ml of 2% lidocaine hydrochloride. The follow up at 6 and 12 weeks includes Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire, nerve conductive study and VAS pain score.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Triamcinolone Acetonide	ultrasound-guided injection using 1ml of 10 mg (10mg/ml) or 40 mg (40 mg/ml) triamcinolone acetonide (Shincort)
DRUG	lidocaine hydrochloride	ultrasound-guided injection using 1 ml of 2% lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine)

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-18
• Primary completion: 2018-11-28
• Completion: 2018-12-20
• First posted: 2017-03-07
• Last updated: 2019-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan