Status:
COMPLETED
A Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Autologous Blood Injection Versus Local Corticosteroid Injection for Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis
Lead Sponsor:
Dojode, Chetan M., MBBS, MS
Conditions:
Tennis Elbow
Epicondylitis, Lateral Humeral
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-70 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Lateral epicondylitis, is a common problem encountered in the orthopaedic practice. Histopathological reports have shown that lateral epicondylitis is not an inflammatory process but a degenerative co...
Detailed Description
Much controversy has been there over the pathophysiology and there is not enough scientific evidence to favour any particular type of treatment for acute lateral epicondylitis. Currently degeneration ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Cases of lateral epicondylitis.
- Men and women above fifteen years of age.
Exclusion
- Patients receiving steroid injections within three months before blood injection.
- A history of substantial trauma.
- Previously treated by surgery for lateral epicondylitis.
- Other causes of elbow pain such as osteochondritis dessecans of capitellum, lateral compartment arthrosis, varus instability, radial head arthritis, posterior interosseous nerve syndrome, cervical disc syndrome, synovitis of radiohumeral joint, cervical radiculopathy, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis of elbow, carpel tunnel syndrome.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00947765
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
June 1 2008
Last Update
July 28 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. KLES Dr.Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Center.
Belagavi, Karnataka, India, 590010