Treatment of Trigger Finger With Steroid Injection Versus Steroid Injection and Splinting

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Trigger Finger, Stenosing Tenosynovitis

In brief

Hypothesis: Treatment of trigger finger by corticosteroid injection and splinting is superior to corticosteroid treatment alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01886157

Run by

The Philadelphia & South Jersey Hand Center

People needed

100

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-18

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Trigger finger in one or more trigger fingers, in stages 2 to 5 (inclusive)
• Adult patient aged over 18 years.
• No prior treatment (splinting, injection or surgery) to the involved finger OR at least 1 year since last treatment of the involved finger.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclude Trigger thumbs because they appear to be respond very favorably or unfavorably to treatment3
• Exclude locked digits because surgery is indicated in these cases
• Pregnant patients
• Prisoners
• Patients with impaired decision-making capacity
• Patients that do not speak English and cannot fill in English language questionnaires.

Where it is running

• The Philadelphia and South Jersey Hand Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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