Randomized Study Comparing Fluoroscopically-Guided Versus Blinded Trochanteric Bursa Injections

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Bursitis

In brief

The goals of our research project are to study the relationship, if any, between the success of a TB injection (measured by pain relief and general patient satisfaction) and the method in which it was placed. Because fluoroscopy places patients requires a slight risk from radiation exposure and increased cost versus blind injection, it is important to know if there is an advantage to using this technique. The investigators will randomize 64 patients to receive either trochanteric bursa injections with corticosteroid and local anesthetic guided by fluoroscopy, or trochanteric bursa patients to receive trochanteric bursa injections based on landmarks on palpation. The investigators will then determine which method is superior, and whether injecting steroid and local anesthetic into the bursa itself is superior or inferior to injecting it into a tender area outside the bursa.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00480675

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

65

Starts

2007-03-01

Expected to finish

2008-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-01-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age > 18 years
• Clinical diagnosis of trochanteric bursitis

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Allergy to contrast
• Untreated coagulopathy

Where it is running

• Blaustein Pain Treatment Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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