Overview

The Efficacy of Polidocanol Injections as a Treatment of Chronic Achilles. Tendinopathy

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-01-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Chronic achilles tendinopathy is a common disease especially in adults. The golden standard in treatment has up to now been excentric exercises but with varying success. A new hypothesis is that this chronic pain is due to neo vascularisation. In a pilot study sclerosing injections with polidocanol have had a successful efficacy. Our aim is to study the efficacy of polidocanol as a treatment in a randomised controlled setting on a larger scale.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
Collaborator:
Aarhus University Hospital
Treatments:
Lidocaine
Polidocanol
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 year old, Ultrasound verified Achilles tendinopathy with neo-vascularisation, pain
duration more than three months, excentric exercises for at least three months, women:
negative pregnancy test, safe anticonceptive

Exclusion Criteria:

- Dementia, mental disease or other illness incompatible with participation, no
ultrasound verified neo-vascularisation, any illness which contraindicate the use of
Polidocanol or Lidocaine, granulation tissue of more than 50 % of the Achilles tendon,
ability of lying in prone position, women: pregnancy or breastfeeding,