Effects of Intraarticular Botulinum Toxin A in Ankle Osteoarthritis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of intraarticular Botulinum Toxin A versus intraarticular hyaluronate plus rehabilitation exercise in patients with ankle osteoarthritis.

Timeline

Start

2010-05

Primary completion

2012-05

Completion

2012-11

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper There were no significant between-group differences in total AOS scores, pain subscale and disability subscale scores (adjusted mean difference AMD = -0.2, 95% CI = (-0.5, 0.2), p = 0.39 PMID 24502534 ↗

Publications

• Background Sun SF, Chou YJ, Hsu CW, Hwang CW, Hsu PT, Wang JL, Hsu YW, Chou MC. Efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronic acid in patients with osteoarthritis of the ankle: a prospective study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2006 Sep;14(9):867-74. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.03.003. Epub 2006 Apr 24.
• Background Sun SF, Hsu CW, Sun HP, Chou YJ, Li HJ, Wang JL. The effect of three weekly intra-articular injections of hyaluronate on pain, function, and balance in patients with unilateral ankle arthritis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Sep 21;93(18):1720-6. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00315.
• Background Mahowald ML, Singh JA, Dykstra D. Long term effects of intra-articular botulinum toxin A for refractory joint pain. Neurotox Res. 2006 Apr;9(2-3):179-88. doi: 10.1007/BF03033937.
• Background Singh JA, Mahowald ML, Kushnaryov A, Goelz E, Dykstra D. Repeat injections of intra-articular botulinum toxin a for the treatment of chronic arthritis joint pain. J Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Feb;15(1):35-8. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181953b14. No abstract available.
• Background Singh JA, Mahowald ML, Noorbaloochi S. Intra-articular botulinum toxin A for refractory shoulder pain: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Transl Res. 2009 May;153(5):205-16. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.02.004. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
• Background Mahowald ML, Krug HE, Singh JA, Dykstra D. Intra-articular Botulinum Toxin Type A: a new approach to treat arthritis joint pain. Toxicon. 2009 Oct;54(5):658-67. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.03.028. Epub 2009 Apr 5.
• Background Aoki KR. Evidence for antinociceptive activity of botulinum toxin type A in pain management. Headache. 2003 Jul-Aug;43 Suppl 1:S9-15. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.43.7s.3.x.
• Background Sun SF, Chou YJ, Hsu CW, Chen WL. Hyaluronic acid as a treatment for ankle osteoarthritis. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2009 Jun;2(2):78-82. doi: 10.1007/s12178-009-9048-5. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
• Background Konttinen YT, Kemppinen P, Segerberg M, Hukkanen M, Rees R, Santavirta S, Sorsa T, Pertovaara A, Polak JM. Peripheral and spinal neural mechanisms in arthritis, with particular reference to treatment of inflammation and pain. Arthritis Rheum. 1994 Jul;37(7):965-82. doi: 10.1002/art.1780370701. No abstract available.
• Sun SF, Hsu CW, Lin HS, Chou YJ, Chen JY, Wang JL. Efficacy of intraarticular botulinum toxin A and intraarticular hyaluronate plus rehabilitation exercise in patients with unilateral ankle osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. J Foot Ankle Res. 2014 Feb 6;7(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1757-1146-7-9.

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