Evaluation of Efficacy and Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal Axis Suppression Due to Corticosteroids Intrabursal Injection

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and effects on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis of a single intrabursal injection of two different types of corticosteroids (methylprednisolone and triamcinolone) in patients with calcific shoulder tendinopathy.

Timeline

Start

2012-03

Primary completion

2013-05

Completion

2013-05

Publications

• Background Serafini G, Sconfienza LM, Lacelli F, Silvestri E, Aliprandi A, Sardanelli F. Rotator cuff calcific tendonitis: short-term and 10-year outcomes after two-needle us-guided percutaneous treatment--nonrandomized controlled trial. Radiology. 2009 Jul;252(1):157-64. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2521081816.
• Background Uhthoff HK, Loehr JW. Calcific Tendinopathy of the Rotator Cuff: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 1997 Jul;5(4):183-191. doi: 10.5435/00124635-199707000-00001.
• Background Krasner AS. Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency. JAMA. 1999 Aug 18;282(7):671-6. doi: 10.1001/jama.282.7.671. No abstract available.
• Background Spiegel RJ, Vigersky RA, Oliff AI, Echelberger CK, Bruton J, Poplack DG. Adrenal suppression after short-term corticosteroid therapy. Lancet. 1979 Mar 24;1(8117):630-3. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91077-8.
• Background Mader R, Lavi I, Luboshitzky R. Evaluation of the pituitary-adrenal axis function following single intraarticular injection of methylprednisolone. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Mar;52(3):924-8. doi: 10.1002/art.20884.
• Background Duclos M, Guinot M, Colsy M, Merle F, Baudot C, Corcuff JB, Lebouc Y. High risk of adrenal insufficiency after a single articular steroid injection in athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 Jul;39(7):1036-43. doi: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31805468d6.

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