The Efficacy of Local Anesthetics to Reduce Shoulder Pain Post-Steroid Injections

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2017-06-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The specific aim of this prospective study is to determine whether local anesthetics prior to subacromial steroid injections reduce pain and consequently if they are cost-effective in the treatment for shoulder pathology.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Ethyl Chloride; Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ages 18 to 70 years old

• Shoulder pain lasting at least 4 weeks

• Inability to use arm with restriction of movement and loss of full function.

• Able to understand study and provide voluntary, written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 18 or greater than 70 years old

• Contraindications of previous injections and previous shoulder surgery

• Unable to understand consent form (in the opinion of the PI)

• Non-English speaking individuals

• Medication contradictions to lidocaine, corticosteroids