Predicting Response to Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Glenohumeral Joint

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis of the Glenohumeral Joint

In brief

This study will examine the effectiveness of a single cortisone injection in patients with shoulder osteoarthritis over a 6-month period, and identify clinical and radiographic factors to help predict how a patient with shoulder osteoarthritis will respond to a cortisone injection utilizing ultrasound guidance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03232749

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

25

Starts

2018-04-18

Expected to finish

2019-06-06

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with a diagnosis of symptomatic primary osteoarthritis of the shoulder will be recruited from the patient population seeking treatment at the Orthopaedics Sports Medicine Institute.
• those who have failed previous treatment including over-the-counter analgesics and activity modification
• have elected to receive a medically-indicated, ultrasound-guided IACSI in the shoulder.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded from the study for any of the following reasons:
• Post traumatic osteoarthritis
• Inflammatory osteoarthritis
• Imaging confirmed rotator cuff tear
• Prior ipsilateral shoulder surgery
• Memory loss or inability to complete study measures
• History of allergy to injection medications
• Diabetic patients with patient-reported fasting blood glucose >200
• Prior injection in the ipsilateral shoulder within three months

Where it is running

• UF and Shands Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• UF Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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