Treatment of Calcific Tendinitis by Ultrasound-guided Needle Lavage

Calcific Tendinitis Clinical Trial

Official title: Treatment of Calcific Tendinitis by Ultrasound-guided Needle Lavage

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Study population: Subjects with long standing symptoms from calcific tendonitis, non-responsive to other forms of conservative treatment

Study method: A cohort of 50 patients with symptomatic calcific tendonitis will be treated by ultrasound-guided needle lavage. At baseline all study subjects will be assessed by clinical examination, imaging of the shoulder by x-ray and sonography and by the self-report section of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score (ASES). Follow-up will be performed after 1 and 4 weeks (score only), 3 (clinical, score, ultrasound, x-ray), 6 and 12 months (score only), and after 24 months (clinical, score, ultrasound, x-ray). Patients with insufficient treatment effect will be offered physiotherapy, re-lavage or surgical treatment by acromioplasty.

Purpose of the study: The investigators want to find out

• if shoulder function, measured by a shoulder score, will increase during follow-up

• how much of the calcific material can be aspirated (in ml)

• to which extend the calcific deposit disappears on x-rays and sonographic images

• how many patients will need surgical treatment

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Calcific Tendinitis
• Tendinopathy

• NCT number: NCT01832376
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Martina Hansen's Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2011
• Completion date: May 2018