Ultrasound guided lavage with corticosteroid injection versus sham lavage with and without corticosteroid injection for calcific tendinopathy of shoulder: randomised double blinded multi-arm study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare treatment effects between ultrasound guided lavage with corticosteroid injection and sham lavage with and without corticosteroid injection in patients with calcific tendinopathy of the shoulder.

Design

Pragmatic, three arm, parallel group, double blinded, sham controlled, randomised, superiority trial with repeated measurements over 24 months.

Setting

Six hospitals in Norway and Sweden.

Participants

220 adults with calcific tendinopathy of the shoulder, persistent for at least three months.

Interventions

Ultrasound guided deposit lavage plus subacromial injection of 20 mg triamcinolone acetonide and 9 mL 1% lidocaine hydrochloride (lavage+steroid); sham lavage plus subacromial injection of 20 mg triamcinolone acetonide and 9 mL 1% li

SUBMITTER: Moosmayer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565688 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature