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Effect of Steroid Injection Which is Added to Percutaneous Trigger Finger Release: a Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Primary Purpose

Trigger Finger

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Korea, Republic of
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Steroid injection
Sponsored by
Samsung Medical Center
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Trigger Finger

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Trigger finger patients who require surgical intervention due to failuer of sufficient time of conservative treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age under 18 years old
  • Rheumatoid arthritis patients
  • Patients who got steroid injection more than 4 times previously
  • Multiple finger affected at presentation
  • Previous surgery history
  • Any recent trauma history of affected hand

Sites / Locations

  • Samsung Medical Center

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Placebo Comparator

Experimental

Arm Label

Percutaneous release alone

Percutaneous release + Steroid injection

Arm Description

The patients who perform percutaneous release of trigger finger only

Steroid local injection after percutaneous release of trigger finger

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

pain VAS

Secondary Outcome Measures

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First Posted
January 15, 2013
Last Updated
May 15, 2015
Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01781130
Brief Title
Effect of Steroid Injection Which is Added to Percutaneous Trigger Finger Release: a Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
May 2015
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
January 2013 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
June 2014 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
June 2014 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Background Present treatment strategies for trigger finger when conservative management including steroid injection was failed include percutaneous or open A1 pulley release, but some people showed prolonged swelling and delay of complete healing. We aimed to test the hypothesis that an improved outcome can be achieved by employing steroid injection simultaneously with percutaneous release compared with conventional percutaneous release alone Methods We designed a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Inclusion criteria is the patient who has symptom of trigger finger warranted surgical release after sufficient time of conservative treatment. Exclusion criteria are as follow: 1) multiple fingers at presentation; 2) Rheumatoid arthritis patients; 3) Pregnant or lactating patients; 4) Younger than 18 years old; 5) Previous surgery history of finger 6); the patients who got steroid injection more than 4 time previously; 7) coagulation abnormality including usage of anti-thrombotic agent. After power analysis by a statistician, total 40 patients would be required for each group (percutaneous alone group versus percutaneous alone + steroid injection group). The surgery will be performed by outpatients clinic basis with local injection. Additional steroid injection will be given to half of patients after allocation with randomized selection by permutaed block randomization. Primary outcome measure is mean fall in pain visual analogue scale (pVAS) and secondary outcome will be proportion of patients with good response (defined as "Perfect" or "much better" as reported by patients). Follow-up will be conducted 3 weeks and 3 month after index procedure

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Trigger Finger

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
ParticipantOutcomes Assessor
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
112 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Percutaneous release alone
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Arm Description
The patients who perform percutaneous release of trigger finger only
Arm Title
Percutaneous release + Steroid injection
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Steroid local injection after percutaneous release of trigger finger
Intervention Type
Procedure
Intervention Name(s)
Steroid injection
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
pain VAS
Time Frame
3 month after procedure

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
80 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Trigger finger patients who require surgical intervention due to failuer of sufficient time of conservative treatment Exclusion Criteria: Age under 18 years old Rheumatoid arthritis patients Patients who got steroid injection more than 4 times previously Multiple finger affected at presentation Previous surgery history Any recent trauma history of affected hand
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Samsung Medical Center
City
Seoul
ZIP/Postal Code
135-710
Country
Korea, Republic of

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Citations:
PubMed Identifier
9018629
Citation
Patel MR, Moradia VJ. Percutaneous release of trigger digit with and without cortisone injection. J Hand Surg Am. 1997 Jan;22(1):150-5. doi: 10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80196-0.
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