Comparison Between Steroid and Different Sites of Botulinum Toxin Injection in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylalgia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study is to compare two different injection sites of low dose botulinum toxin type A with steroid in treating lateral epicondylalgia.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
• Treatments: abobotulinumtoxinA; Botulinum Toxins; Botulinum Toxins, Type A; incobotulinumtoxinA; onabotulinumtoxinA; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• spontaneous local pain over lateral epicondyle of the affected elbow for more than six months and failure to respond to previous physical therapy or oral medications,

• local tenderness around the lateral epicondyle, and

• pain elicited or aggravated by resisted contraction of the wrist or middle finger extensors.

Exclusion Criteria:

• local steroid injection within the past six months,

• coexisting elbow arthritis or arthralgia,

• previous trauma or surgery history over the lateral epicondyle,

• pregnancy or lactation, and

• other systemic, neuromuscular or bleeding disorders that are contraindicated to Botox injection.