The Impact of Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis on General Health

Completed

Conditions studied: Thumb Arthritis

In brief

This study is designed to define the impact of thumb arthritis on patient's general health. As a secondary objective, data will be analyzed to determine the effects of medical and musculoskeletal comorbidities on the rating of upper extremity function by the patient.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01133197

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

188

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy adults clinically diagnosed with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis. The diagnosis must have been confirmed radiographically prior to consideration for study enrollment.
• Adults accompanying patients to participating offices will be recruited to be control subjects. They must not be receiving medical or surgical treatment for a hand or wrist complaint.
• Additionally control subjects must not have been diagnosed with thumb osteoarthritis.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects must be over 18 years of age and English speaking.
• Subjects are not to include incarcerated adults or those unable to provide consent for study participation.
• Patients diagnosed with currently symptomatic hand or wrist pathology outside of the thumb carpometacarpal joint will be excluded.
• Patient with prior surgery on the affected thumb will be excluded.
• Pregnant females are excluded from study participation with pregnancy determined by patient self-reporting (standard of care before office radiographs).

Where it is running

• Barnes Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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