Does adding an oral cortisone pill to the regular treatment of patients with rib cage pain and swelling improve their pain and quality of life?

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Teitze syndrome: costochondritis of the chest wall with joint swelling; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11877533
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpt.13810 (added 29/11/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-04-01
• Study Start: 2022-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 12 to 60 years old presenting with anterior or posterior chest wall swelling and/or palpable tenderness upon examination without any significant past medical history, or with history of recurrent chest infection or multiple minor chest trauma. Ultrasound of the sternocostal swellings was required to exclude other pathologies but no specific ultrasound finding was required to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Two senior thoracic surgeons were required to establish the diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients diagnosed with myositis, coronary syndrome, chest wall tumors or mediastinal syndrome as diagnosed by clinical examination, CT chest, MRI chest or chest ultrasound.
2. Traumatic muscle pain, arthritis of sternoclavicular/sternomanubrial joints and fibromyalgia of costochondral junction.
3. Refused to be enrolled in the study or did not complete the full assessment at all time intervals.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified