Predicting Response to Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Glenohumeral Joint

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2019-06-06
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will examine the effectiveness of a single cortisone injection in patients with shoulder osteoarthritis over a 6-month period, and identify clinical and radiographic factors to help predict how a patient with shoulder osteoarthritis will respond to a cortisone injection utilizing ultrasound guidance.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a diagnosis of symptomatic primary osteoarthritis of the shoulder will be recruited from the patient population seeking treatment at the Orthopaedics Sports Medicine Institute.

• those who have failed previous treatment including over-the-counter analgesics and activity modification

• have elected to receive a medically-indicated, ultrasound-guided IACSI in the shoulder.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients will be excluded from the study for any of the following reasons:

• Post traumatic osteoarthritis

• Inflammatory osteoarthritis

• Imaging confirmed rotator cuff tear

• Prior ipsilateral shoulder surgery

• Memory loss or inability to complete study measures

• History of allergy to injection medications

• Diabetic patients with patient-reported fasting blood glucose >200

• Prior injection in the ipsilateral shoulder within three months