Open Surgery Versus Corticosteroid Injections in Treatment of Trigger Finger

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Trigger Finger
• Interventions: Procedure: Open surgery; Procedure: Corticosteroid injections

• Registration Number: NCT01486420
• Lead Sponsor: Jeppe Lange, MD

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate which strategy is superior in trigger finger Quinell grade IIb-V; conventional open surgery or ultrasound guided corticosteroid injections.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-12-03
• Study First Posted: 2011-12-06
• Study Start: 2012-01
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Primary Completion: 2015-10
• Study Completion: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-27
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 166

Inclusion Criteria

• Trigger finger Quinell grade IIb-V in digit I-V

Exclusion Criteria

• Former treatment of Trigger finger in affected digit
• Dupuytrens contracture in affected digit
• Allergies or intolerance to used medications
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus
• Amyloidosis
• Mucopolysaccharidosis
• Already included in study with another digit

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Open surgery	Open surgery	-
Corticosteroid Injection	Corticosteroid injections	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quinell grade	12 months	Dicotomized outcome defined as +/- failure. Failure defined as Quinell grade equal to or above IIb.; Quinell grade defined as: I Normal movement, IIa normal movement with pain/tenderness to A1-pulley, IIb anamnestic triggering but not evident at clinical exam, III triggering without locking, IV triggering with locking but actively correctable, V Locked digit, passive correctable only.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) score	12 weeks	Pain following either procedure measured by NRS (score 0-10, 10 is severe pain)
infection	12 weeks	Infection occurence following either procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center for Planned surgery - Regionalhospital Silkeborg; 🇩🇰 Silkeborg, Denmark