Efficacy Study of Fine Needle Technique on Calcific Tendinitis

Phase 2TerminatedNCT00506038

Hadassah Medical Organization40 enrolled

Overview

Background: Calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff may cause chronic pain at the shoulder. Sometimes the pain can lead to a serious impairment in the daily life. One of the most efficient treatments is percutaneous needle aspiration using ultrasound guidance. This treatment includes identification the tendonitis with US or screening , local anesthesia and then puncturing the calcium in the rotator cuff many times. The treatment is short 5-10 minutes, relatively cheap ,safe and usually with good outcomes. However in the literature there is a lack of controlled prospective trials. Our goal is to set a study that will evaluate this treatment between two groups: 1. Puncturing the calcium in the rotator cuff 15 times (the experiment group) 2. Puncturing the calcium in the rotator cuff twice (the controlled group)

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Tendinitis

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 18 and above. 2. 6 months of pain in the shoulder. 3. Positive IMPING and sensitivity on SST. 4. Calcification above 1 cm in one of the dimensions by US or aray of the shoulder. 5. Completed conservative treatment: physiotherapy or analgesics. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diabetes, Nephrological diseases 2. RC tear according to US. 3. Prior operation in this shoulder 4. Steroids injection in the last three months. 5. A patient that is in the absorption phase of the tendinitis 6. Pregnancy 7. Coagulation System impairments