Using Ultrasound to Predict Response to Intraarticular Corticosteroids in Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A study using characteristics on ultrasound to predict response to intraarticular steroid injections in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The hypothesis is that patients with inflammation on ultrasound will have a better response to corticosteroid injections compared to patients without inflammation.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
• Treatments: Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• knee pain

• diagnosis of osteoarthritis in affected knee

Exclusion Criteria:

• intraarticular corticosteroids in affected knee within past three months

• primary inflammatory connective tissue disease (ie rheumatoid arthritis)

• currently taking oral corticosteroids