Comparison of Conservative Methods for the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized, Prospective Study
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Brief summary
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This is a prospective study where patients with lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) will be randomized into one of 4 possible treatments. The purpose is to individually examine the efficacy of each treatment, and determine if one treatment method is more effective than another. The four treatments are: corticosteriod injections, prolotherapy, NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) combined with physical therapy, and a placebo.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01897259
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 200 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Placebo Injection Drug
- Physical Therapy Behavioral
- Corticosteroid Injections Drug
- Prolotherapy Drug
Drug · Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 29, 2012
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2019
- Completion
- May 31, 2019
- Last update posted
- Jan 24, 2018
2012 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine M. Kleinert Institute of Hand and Microsurgery | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | Recruiting |
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