NCT04023695

Trigger Finger Corticosteroid Injection With and Without Local Anesthetic

Trigger Finger Corticosteroid Injection With and Without Local Anesthetic; a Randomized, Double Blind Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Steroid injection is the first line treatment for trigger finger. Steroid injection is sometimes mixed with a local anesthetic.

Detailed description

The treatment of trigger finger involves an injection of corticosteroid. Corticosteroid treats the underlying inflammatory pathology. Some surgeons add lidocaine with epinephrine as a local anesthetic with the injection. Lidocaine with epinephrine is associated with a burning sensation and may be the primary pain associated with the injection. We hypothesize that a corticosteroid injection without lidocaine with epinephrine will be less painful, and equally effective in treating trigger finger

Conditions

• Trigger Finger

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Corticosteroid with lidocaine with epinephrine	Trigger finger injection
DRUG	Corticosteroid with normal saline	Trigger finger injection

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-30
• Completion: 2018-08-30
• First posted: 2019-07-17
• Last updated: 2019-12-18
• Results posted: 2019-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study