Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin Injection in the Tennis Elbow Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Some studies valued the effectiveness of botulinum toxin. Results are contradictory and we need more studies. The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of botulinum toxin injection with placebo in the treatment of tennis elbow unrelieved by usual medical care performed during 6 months. Method : It is a double blind randomized controlled trial. Principal criteria of assessment is Pain intensity three months after injection.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
• Collaborator: Ipsen
• Treatments: abobotulinumtoxinA; Botulinum Toxins; Botulinum Toxins, Type A; incobotulinumtoxinA; onabotulinumtoxinA

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Tennis elbow during more than 6 months

• Signature of consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 18 years old

• Osteoarthritis elbow

• Referred cervical pain

• Fibromyalgia

• Pregnancy

• Myasthenia

• Polymyositis

• SLA

• Anticoagulant treatment

• Aminosides

• Diabetes

• Alcoholism

• Previous botulinum toxin A injections