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Hyaluronic Acid in Shoulder Tendinopathy

Benefit of a Subacromial Injection Combining Corticosteroid and Hyaluronic Acid Versus Corticosteroid Alone in Supraspinatus Tendinopathy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06376981
Acronym
ACCTE
Enrollment
132
Registered
2024-04-22
Start date
2024-09-19
Completion date
2027-03-19
Last updated
2024-10-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Shoulder Tendinitis

Keywords

Shoulder tendinitis, Hyaluronic acid, Corticosteroid injection

Brief summary

Multicentric, randomised study to compare the effectiveness on activity pain at 3 months of corticosteroid injection associated with hyaluronic acid with corticosteroids injection alone in patients with tendinopathy of the supraspinatus with clinical reevaluation at one, three and six months.

Interventions

An injection of 2 ml of Acid hyaluronic

DRUGCorticosteroid injection

An injection of 1 ml of corticosteroids

DRUGPlacebo injection

An injection of 2 ml of placebo (physiological serum)

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Active patient aged between 18 and 65; * Patient suffering from pain compatible with supraspinatus tendinopathy for at least 2 months; * Patient with simple tendinopathy or partial tendon rupture; * Patient with tendinopathy confirmed by ultrasound or MRI; * Patient with an active pain visual analog scale ≥ 4 for more than 6 weeks; * Patient with an active pain visual analog scale ≥ 4 on the day of inclusion; * Patient failing medical treatment (rest, analgesics, NSAIDs, physiotherapy); * Patient able to follow the protocol and having given oral informed consent to take part in the research; * Patient affiliated to the social security system or entitled person;

Exclusion criteria

* Patient suffering from a transfixing tendon rupture; * Patients suffering from post-traumatic tendon rupture; * Patients suffering from calcific tendinopathy (calcification \> 5 mm); * Patients with associated glenohumeral osteoarthritis; * Patients with associated symptomatic acromioclavicular osteoarthritis; * Patients with shoulder pain for reasons other than tendinopathy (capsulitis, chronic inflammatory rheumatism, fibromyalgia, amyloidosis); * Patients who have had a subacromial infiltration in the previous 6 months; * Patients with a known allergy to one of the products including their excipients (methyl parahydroxybenzoate, propyl parahydroxybenzoate, benzyl alcohol); * Patients with a known allergy to lidocaine; * Patients with a local or generalised infection, or suspected infection; * Patients with severe coagulation disorders or taking anticoagulants; * Patients with severe and/or uncontrolled hypertension \> 160/100 mmHg; * Patients with unbalanced diabetes (last HbA1c \> 8.5%); * Patients with a history of addiction to psychoactive substances; * Patient participating in another clinical research protocol with an impact on the research objectives; * Patient already randomised in the study; * Patient who is pregnant, parturient, breastfeeding or able to procreate without effective contraception\* in the month prior to inclusion and up to 15 days after infiltration; * Patients under guardianship, curators or deprived of liberty; * Patient under a mandate for future protection activated ; * Patient under family guardianship ; * Patient under court protection ;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Visual analog scale pain on activity ranging from 0 to 100 mm at month 3.Month 3Visual analog scale pain on activity ranging from 0 to 100 mm at month 3. Pain is defined by the worst pain felt during active examination: anterior elevation, abduction, internal and external rotation, etc.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactLaura SOULARD
laura.soulard@ght85.fr0251080582

Outcome results

None listed

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