AzTrials
AzTrials

Bone Marrow EdemaNCT04895228

Impact of Sacroiliac Joint Injection on Bone Marrow Edema

A study testing injection in people with Bone Marrow Edema, run by Sohag University at 1 site in Egypt.

Unknown status

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 The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
Search all trials

Trial summary

SpA is a chronic, debilitating inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects axial and peripheral joints, internal organs, and other tissues. Sacroiliitis is a hallmark of axial SpA. Sacroliliitis has a great effect on spine pain, function and cephalic progression of the disease . Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 50 years
Conditions the study is for
Bone Marrow Edema
What is being tested?
injection
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
60 participants
Where
1 siteEgypt
Study dates
15 May 2021to 20 Dec 2021
Phase
Interventional
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 18 to 50 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Pateint >18 years old.
  • Patients fulfilling ASAS criteria for SpA with a diagnosis confirmed by a rheumatologist.
  • Patients having BME of the SIJ on MRI .
  • Able to be followed-up regularly

Who cannot join

  • Patient < 18 years old.
  • Malignancy, DM, Hepatitis and active infectious disorders
  • Spine surgery.
  • Ankylosed sacroiliac joint
  • Recent SIJ injection

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Egypt1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Sohair Maher Mahrous

    Sohag, 82749

    Sohair Maher, 01143619857, sohier.ahmed@med.sohag.edu.eg

    sohair maher

    Recruiting

Other trials in Egypt

About this study

Official title: Impact of Sacroiliac Joint Injection on Bone Marrow Edema and Disease Outcome Measures in Spondyloarthritis (SpA) Patients

SpA is a chronic, debilitating inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects axial and peripheral joints, internal organs, and other tissues. Sacroiliitis is a hallmark of axial SpA. Sacroliliitis has a great effect on spine pain, function and cephalic progression of the disease . The prevalence of SpA ranged from 9 to 30 per 10,000 persons in Caucasian populations, Europe or the United States . The management of axial SpA is really challenging. The traditional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were ineffective in controlling the axial disease. Biological agents such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitor and anti-interleukin 17 have shown promising results in achieving remission or low disease activity for axial SpA .

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is established as the imaging method of choice for the early diagnosis and follow-up of SpA patients. Although a positive imaging detection of the axial skeleton is no longer obligatory based on the new Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) classification criteria 2010, MRI imaging still plays a crucial role, especially in the early diagnosis arm. MRI has a high sensitivity in detection of acute inflammatory processes as well as the high-resolution visualization of anatomical alterations. The lack of radiation exposure makes MRI ideal for monitoring response to treatment .Bone marrow edema (BME) not only showed high sensitivity for detection of early sacroilitis, but also its reduction was a worthy indicator for disease remission. Intra Articular (IA) injections of SIJ with corticosteroids and anesthestics are often performed for pain relief. Although this technique is relatively old, it was not used on a lrage scale in axial SpA patients. Further, its effect on disease outcome measures were not well elucidated. To the best of our knowledge there is no single study have evaluated effect of steroid and local aneshestic injection on improvement of BME . Image guidance of the SIJ injection is fundamanetal, due to the complex anatomy of the joint causing a low accuracy when performed using blind technique .

Read the detailed description

Study design:

Randomized, double-blinded, prospective, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Aim of the work To evaluate the effectiveness of steroid and anestheisa injection on BME and disease outcome measures in SIJs of axial SpA patients .

Patients and methods

This study will be a prospective, single-center, randomized, blind clinical trial. It will be performed on patients following in the rheumatology and rehabilitation department in Sohag University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine:

N=60 fulfilling ASAS 2010 criteria for axial SpA, will be divided randomly into 2 groups. Group 1 the active group will receive triamcinilone 40 mg injection (Kenacort) + 4 ml of .5 % lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) under ultrasound guidance. Group 2 will receive similar amount of saline injecteed subcutaneously. Only the patient will be blinded. Particpants will be initially studied with no certain condition for medications wich will be kept unchanged during the study. MRI will be done at base line and BME will be considered as an entry criteria. SPArcc score will be berfoemed at baseline and in the follow-up at 24 weeks post-injection.

Clinical out come measures including ASDAS BSADAI and BASMI will be performed at baseline and 12 and 24 weeks after SIJ injection.

Inclusion criteria:

  • Pateint >18 years old.
  • Patients fulfilling ASAS criteria for SpA with a diagnosis confirmed by a rheumatologist.
  • Patients having BME of the SIJ on MRI .
  • Able to be followed-up regularly.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Patient < 18 years old.
  • Malignancy, DM, Hepatitis and active infectious disorders
  • Spine surgery.
  • Ankylosed sacroiliac joint
  • Recent SIJ injection
Being tested
injection

What participants receive

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

  • injectionProcedure or surgery

    triamcinilone 40 mg injection (Kenacort) + 4 ml of .5 % lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) under ultrasound guidance

Study groups in NCT04895228
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SpA patients recieving local steroid injectionActive comparatorthe active group will receive triamcinilone 40 mg injection (Kenacort) + 4 ml of .5 % lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) under ultrasound guidance.
Receives: Procedure: injection
placebo groupPlacebo comparatorGroup 2 will receive similar amount of saline injecteed subcutaneously
Receives: Procedure: injection

What is being measured

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

  1. change of bone marrow edema

    after steroid injection of sacroiliac joint improvement of bone marrow edema in MRI

    Measured: with in 3 moths

Timeline

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

  1. First posted20 May 2021
  2. Study start15 May 2021
  3. Primary completion20 Sep 2021 (estimated)
  4. Study completion20 Dec 2021 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This study will be a prospective, single-center, randomized, blind clinical trial. It will be performed on patients following in the rheumatology and rehabilitation department in Sohag University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine: N=60 fulfilling ASAS 2010 criteria for axial SpA, will be divided randomly into 2 groups. Group 1 the active group will receive triamcinilone 40 mg injection (Kenacort) + 4 ml of .5 % lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) under ultrasound guidance. Group 2 will receive similar amount of saline injecteed subcutaneously. Only the patient will be blinded. Particpants will be initially studied with no certain condition for medications wich will be kept unchanged during the study. MRI will be done at base line and BME will be considered as an entry criteria. SPArcc score will be berfoemed at baseline and in the follow-up at 24 weeks post-injection.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
60 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04895228
Sponsor's protocol ID
Soh-Med-21-05-10
Status last verified
May 2021
First submitted
17 May 2021
Last updated
21 May 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing injection in people with Bone Marrow Edema, run by Sohag University at 1 site in Egypt.

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 4 inclusion and 5 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 21 May 2021. 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 Egypt. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

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?

Contact maher (01143619857, sohier.ahmed@med.sohag.edu.eg), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

change of bone marrow edema (time frame: with in 3 moths). 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 21 May 2021.

Free account

Log in to keep searching

You’ve used your 3 free searches. AzTrials is free: log in or create a free account to keep searching clinical trials and save the ones you want to follow.

Create a free accountLog in