Effect of Intraarticular Steroids on Bone Turnover in Osteoarthritis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Oral and nasal steroids may enhance osteoporosis by suppressing bone formation.
Intra-articular steroids may also suppress bone formation, however, the duration or
relationship to a steroid dose has not been established. It is hypothesized that
intra-articular steroids suppress bone formation transiently, returning to pretreatment
levels within four weeks in subjects with osteoarthritis.