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- Clinical Trial NCT02437461
Dosing of Intra-articular Triamcinolone Hexacetonide for Knee Synovitis in Chronic Polyarthritis
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Background:
Triamcinolone hecacetonide (THA) has been used for local intraarticular injecton treatment for knee synovitis in decades, but no dose finding studies have been performed. In the literature the doses for knee injections vary between 20 mg and 80 mg, depending on local traditions.
The aim of the present study is to find the optimal THA dosing, comparing the relapse rate during a 6 month observation period for the two most used dosages .
Methods:
Adult patients with RA or PsoA with treatment demands for ongoing knee synovitis are recruited at the Rheumatology Departments in Gävle and Falun. After informed consent patient characteristics,(age, sex, medical treatment), clinical and laboratory parameters of disease activity (DAS28, CRP), as well as degree of functional impairment (HAQ) are collected. A radiographic examination of the knee is performed and assessed (using Larsen Dale index) by an independent radiologist. The patients are allocated to either 20 mg or 40 mg THA using the randomisation dose which is hidden in prepared closed envelopes. After complete synovial fluid aspiration the THA dose is injected . The patients are told to contact the rheumatology department if no treatment response or if symtoms from the treated knee recurr. If so, the knee is examined again and if synovitis is confirmed a relapse is registered. Time from injection to relapse is calculated. Patients without relapse are called after 6 months to confirm they still are well and that no unknown relapse have occurred. When the observation period for the last included patient is finished the relapse rate between the 20 mg THA group is compared with the 40 mg THA Group.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Gavle, Sweden, 80187
- Section of Rheumatology, Gävle hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria: synovitis of the knee, rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthrthritis, written informed consent
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Exclusion Criteria:
- inability to understand study information, function class 4 according to Steinbrocker, planning knee surgery, , joint infection, intraarticular glucocorticoid injection in this joint the past 3 months, oral glucocortoid treatment corresponding to >10 mg prednisolone
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: single dose 20 mg
Intraarticular injection of triamcinolone hexacetonide
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intraarticular knee injection
Other Names:
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Experimental: single dose 40 mg
Intraarticular injection of triamcinolone hexacetonide
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intraarticular knee injection
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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arthritis relapse
Time Frame: 6 months
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Tomas Weitoft, MD, PhD, Center for Research and Development Uppsala University/Region Gavleborg
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Prevoo ML, van 't Hof MA, Kuper HH, van Leeuwen MA, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL. Modified disease activity scores that include twenty-eight-joint counts. Development and validation in a prospective longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1995 Jan;38(1):44-8. doi: 10.1002/art.1780380107.
- Taylor W, Gladman D, Helliwell P, Marchesoni A, Mease P, Mielants H; CASPAR Study Group. Classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis: development of new criteria from a large international study. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Aug;54(8):2665-73. doi: 10.1002/art.21972.
- Arnett FC, Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, McShane DJ, Fries JF, Cooper NS, Healey LA, Kaplan SR, Liang MH, Luthra HS, et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1988 Mar;31(3):315-24. doi: 10.1002/art.1780310302.
- Weitoft T, Uddenfeldt P. Importance of synovial fluid aspiration when injecting intra-articular corticosteroids. Ann Rheum Dis. 2000 Mar;59(3):233-5. doi: 10.1136/ard.59.3.233.
- Lopes RV, Furtado RN, Parmigiani L, Rosenfeld A, Fernandes AR, Natour J. Accuracy of intra-articular injections in peripheral joints performed blindly in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Dec;47(12):1792-4. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken355. Epub 2008 Sep 27.
- Ekdahl C, Eberhardt K, Andersson SI, Svensson B. Assessing disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Use of a Swedish version of the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire. Scand J Rheumatol. 1988;17(4):263-71. doi: 10.3109/03009748809098795.
- Weitoft T, Ronnelid J, Knight A, Lysholm J, Saxne T, Larsson A. Outcome predictors of intra-articular glucocorticoid treatment for knee synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - a prospective cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2014 Jun 20;16(3):R129. doi: 10.1186/ar4586.
- Larsen A, Dale K. Standardized radiological examination of rheumatoid arthritis in therapeutical trials. In Dumonde DC, Jasani MK, eds. The recognition of antirheumatic drugs. Lancaster: MTP Press, 1978: 285-292
- STEINBROCKER O, TRAEGER CH, BATTERMAN RC. Therapeutic criteria in rheumatoid arthritis. J Am Med Assoc. 1949 Jun 25;140(8):659-62. doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900430001001. No abstract available.
- Weitoft T, Oberg K. Dosing of intra-articular triamcinolone hexacetonide for knee synovitis in chronic polyarthritis: a randomized controlled study. Scand J Rheumatol. 2019 Jul;48(4):279-283. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2019.1571222. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Joint Diseases
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Arthritis
- Synovitis
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Glucocorticoids
- Hormones
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Triamcinolone
- Triamcinolone Acetonide
- Triamcinolone hexacetonide
- Triamcinolone diacetate
Other Study ID Numbers
- TW77
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