Open Surgery Versus Corticosteroid Injections in Treatment of Trigger Finger

Open Surgery Versus Ultrasound Guided Local Corticosteroid Injections in Treatment of Trigger Finger - a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01486420

Enrollment

166

Registered

2011-12-06

Start date

2012-01-31

Completion date

2015-10-31

Last updated

2015-10-28

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Conditions

Trigger Finger

Keywords

Quinell grade, Open surgery, corticosteroid injections, randomized controlled trial, Trigger finger

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate which strategy is superior in trigger finger Quinell grade IIb-V; conventional open surgery or ultrasound guided corticosteroid injections.

Interventions

PROCEDURECorticosteroid injections

Corticosteroid injections in and around A1-pulley.

PROCEDUREOpen surgery

Open A1-pulley release

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Trigger finger Quinell grade IIb-V in digit I-V

Exclusion criteria

* Former treatment of Trigger finger in affected digit * Dupuytrens contracture in affected digit * Allergies or intolerance to used medications * Rheumatoid Arthritis * Insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus * Amyloidosis * Mucopolysaccharidosis * Already included in study with another digit

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Quinell grade	12 months	Dicotomized outcome defined as +/- failure. Failure defined as Quinell grade equal to or above IIb. Quinell grade defined as: I Normal movement, IIa normal movement with pain/tenderness to A1-pulley, IIb anamnestic triggering but not evident at clinical exam, III triggering without locking, IV triggering with locking but actively correctable, V Locked digit, passive correctable only.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) score	12 weeks	Pain following either procedure measured by NRS (score 0-10, 10 is severe pain)
infection	12 weeks	Infection occurence following either procedure

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026