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SpondylarthropathyEarly Phase 1NCT00829543

Unguided Sacroiliac Injection: Effect on Refractory Buttock Pain in Patients With Spondyloarthropathies

A Early Phase 1 study testing guide-free sacroiliac corticosteroid injection in people with Spondylarthropathy, run by Tabriz University at 1 site in Iran.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of guide-free sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injection in refractory sacroiliac pain due to spondyloarthropathies. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 to 50 years
Conditions the study is for
Spondylarthropathy
What is being tested?
guide-free sacroiliac corticosteroid injection
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
35 participants
Where
1 siteIran
Study dates
Sep 2004to Feb 2009
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 16 to 50 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients had to fulfill the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group criteria for SpA.
  • The presence of inflammatory buttock pain for at least 4 months (typical night pain and morning stiffness) despite of receiving NSAIDs, corticosteroid and DMARDs (Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs) such as: methotrexate, sulfasalazin and azathioprine.
  • Tenderness over sacroiliac joint: pain over the sacroiliac sulcus with 4-5 kg/cm2 direct pressure.

Who cannot join

  • Spinal infections (such as Brucellosis).
  • Local infection in the site of injection.
  • Sacroiliac ankylosis based on pelvic X-Ray (sacroilitis grade IV).
  • Patients who had received anti TNF, corticosteroid pulse or an investigational drugs during 4 months before.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Iran1 site
  • Tabriz Medical University, Rheumatology Department

    Tabriz, East Azarbayjan, +989123355170

Other trials in Iran

About this study

Official title: Guide-Free Sacroiliac Injection in Spondyloarthropathies

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of guide-free sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injection in refractory sacroiliac pain due to spondyloarthropathies.

Read the detailed description

A 20 weeks open-label clinical trial study of 35 patients, with different subtypes of spondyloarthropathies, is conducted In spondyloarthropathy's patients with refractory inflammatory buttock pain (fulfilling inclusion criteria), we performed outpatient guide-free sacroiliac injection of triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg in each joint. Patient (pain, stiffness, sleep disturbance) and Clinician assessments (sacroiliac tenderness, Finger to floor and Schober tests ) are recorded at baseline and every 4 weeks until the end of the study. MRI scoring of sacroiliac joint is recorded according to the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) index for scoring inflammatory lesions in the sacroiliac joints, at baseline and in the end of the study.

Being tested
guide-free sacroiliac corticosteroid injection
Keywords
Spodyloarthropathy, Guide-free sacroiliac injection
Medical subject headings
Spondylarthropathies

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • guide-free sacroiliac corticosteroid injectionProcedure or surgery

    Also called Unguided sacroiliac injection

    guide-free sacroiliac injection of triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg in each sacroiliac joint

Study groups in NCT00829543
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
sacroiliac injectionExperimentalan open label study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of guide-free sacroiliac injection in refractory sacroiliac pain due to spondyloarthropathies
Receives: Procedure: guide-free sacroiliac corticosteroid injection

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Refractory inflammatory sacroiliac pain

    Measured: 8 months

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. ESR, CRP

    Measured: 8 months

  2. Patient's assessment of: pain, sleep disturbance, morning stiffness

    Measured: 8 months

  3. Clinician assessment of: SIJ pain, change of finger to floor (cm) and Schober tests (mm)

    Measured: 8 months

  4. MRI SIJ inflammatory scoring

    Measured: 8 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2004
  3. Primary completionJan 2007
  4. Study completionFeb 2009 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
35 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00829543
Sponsor's protocol ID
8715
Status last verified
Feb 2009
First submitted
26 Jan 2009
Last updated
3 Feb 2009
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing guide-free sacroiliac corticosteroid injection in people with Spondylarthropathy, run by Tabriz University at 1 site in Iran.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Feb 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Iran. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Refractory inflammatory sacroiliac pain (time frame: 8 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Feb 2009.

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