"Blind" vs. Fluoroscopy-Guided Steroid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prospective Randomized-Controlled Two-Arm Study of "Blind" vs. Fluoroscopy-Guided Steroid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02104726
• Other study ID #: IRB00026934
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 2, 2014
• Last updated: December 11, 2017
• Start date: July 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Johns Hopkins University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To compare relative efficacy of intraarticular steroid injection using anatomic landmarks vs. fluoroscopy guided technique in decreasing knee osteoarthritis pain 1 month after the procedure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: July 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults with knee OA clinically deemed to qualify for steroid injection

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children Non-English Speakers Pregnant

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Intervention

Other:
• Fluoroscopy guided steroid injection
We want to compare if there is a difference between the two arms, with the assumption that with fluoroscopy will deliver the steroid more accurately and see better outcomes.
• Blind Steroid Injection
Want to compare it to fluoroscopy guided, with assumption that it will be less effective in reducing pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Johns Hopkins University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Numerical Rating Scale (pain)	Decrease in pain from baseline at one month	1 month