Using Ultrasound to Predict Response to Intraarticular Corticosteroids in Knee Osteoarthritis

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis

In brief

A study using characteristics on ultrasound to predict response to intraarticular steroid injections in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The hypothesis is that patients with inflammation on ultrasound will have a better response to corticosteroid injections compared to patients without inflammation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00746889

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

79

Starts

2004-03-01

Expected to finish

2008-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-08-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• knee pain
• diagnosis of osteoarthritis in affected knee

You may not qualify if…

• intraarticular corticosteroids in affected knee within past three months
• primary inflammatory connective tissue disease (ie rheumatoid arthritis)
• currently taking oral corticosteroids

Where it is running

• University of California San Diego Medical Center — La Jolla, California, United States
• San Diego VA Hospital — La Jolla, California, United States

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