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The SToICAL Study - The Soft Tissue Injection of Corticosteroid And Local Anaesthetic Study

NCT04253457 · Status: SUSPENDED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-08-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Some hand conditions can be treated with a steroid injection. Some doctors mix the steroid with local anaesthetic in the hope that the patient will experience less pain after the injection. Some doctors do not do this. It is not known if adding local anaesthetic to the steroid improves patient's pain after the injection.

The overall aim of the study is to see whether using local anaesthetic in the steroid injection makes a difference to patients' pain. If the study shows that using local anaesthetic improves patients' pain then the investigators should continue using it. If not, the investigators should stop giving patients unnecessary medication, which would also save the NHS time and money.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • De Quervains Tenosynovitis
  • Trigger Finger

Interventions

DRUG

1ml of triamcinolone (40mg/1ml)

Single injection of 1ml of triamcinolone (40mg/1ml)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles Gozzard, MD · University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-26
Primary Completion
2025-01-23
Completion
2025-11-21

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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