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CompletedNCT03622736INSTINCTUpdated Aug 9, 2018

Influence of the Radiological Stage on the Efficiency of Viscosupplementation in Basal Thumb Arthritis

An observational study in Osteoarthritis Thumb, sponsored by Labrha. Completed at 1 site in France. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-08-09.

Sponsored by Labrha · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
122
Sex
All
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Study summary

The rhizarthrose is the most frequent affection of the hand at the age fifty and beyond. For the moderate forms of the disease, the majority of the studies recommend the recourse to the viscosupplement because of its efficiency in the long term.

On the other hand, no study was focused on the impact of the anatomical severity on the clinical result of the treatment by intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid.

The present research has for objective to study the influence of the radiological severity on the result of the viscosupplement, in the conditions of daily practice, in patients affected by rhizarthrose.

It is an open observational multicentrical prospective study realized by 10 investigators rheumatologists and liberal orthopedic surgeons. The recruitment is competitive and the study will be ended when 55 patients will have been included by taking into account a risk of trial exits or of lost of sight of 10 %.The main criterion is the influence of the radiological stage on the answer to the treatment.

Duration of inclusion 6 months. Duration of follow-up 3 months. Total duration of the study 9 months.

Read the detailed description

Fifty patients presenting a rhizarthrose asserted by radiography and justifying a viscosupplement, without other selection criterion than the opinion of the investigator concerning the legitimacy of a viscosupplement and the agreement of the patient participating in the study.

The patients are identified by N ° of center (01 - 10) followed by the inclusion order number for every center (from 1 to 10).

The informations collected during the initial consultation (J0) are: demographic (sex, age, weight, size), pathological (history of the disease, bilaterality, prosthesis of thumb contralateral, evaluation of pain at J0 (scale of Likert : 11 points), treatments with analgesic aim, use of an orthosis), radiologics (Dell's stage), techniques (type of radiological or ultrasound guide).

The informations collected during the final consultation (J90) are: the evaluation of pain at J90 (scale of Likert 11 points), the perception by the patient of the efficiency of the treatment at J90 (scale of Likert 4 points), variation of its consumption of analgesic or of AINS (scale of Likert 3 points).

A CRF, indicating the number of center, the inclusion number of the patient, is attributed to every patient. The data collected during the consultations at J0 and J90 will be inputed by the investigator in the paper version of the CRF.

A descriptive analysis will be performed to characterize the demographic data, the history of the disease and its treatments, as well as the clinical and radiological data of the patients in the date of the inclusion.

The answer to the treatment will be estimated by 2 modalities (YES/NO) from the answer of the patients at the question " How do you judge the efficiency of the treatment ?": yes if the patients answered "Effective" or "very effective", no if they answered "little effective" or "not effective".

The influence of the radiological stage on the answer to the treatment will be studied (main criterion). The influence of radiological stage on the level of pain at J0 and on the reduction of pain between J0 and J90 will also be studied.

The coefficients of the multivariate models (ANCOVA and mixed model) will be considered as significant if their p-value is inferior to the threshold of 5%.

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Conditions studied

  • Osteoarthritis Thumb

Keywords

  • Rhizarthrosis
  • basal thumb arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis Thumb
  • viscosupplementation
  • hyaluronic acid
  • rheumatoid arthritis
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In context

Arthritis

3,554 studies on the registry are indexed under Arthritis; 317 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 122 is below the median of 155 across 1,057 observational studies indexed under Arthritis.

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Lead sponsor

Labrha is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Fifty patients presenting a rhizarthrose asserted radiologically and justifying according to the opinion of the rhumalologist or the surgeon a viscosupplementation. The study is realized in the conditions of daily practice, it modifies not at all the therapeutic care of the patient.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients of both genders, of all ages
  • Rhizarthrosis confirmed by radiography including frontal and KAPANDJI side radiographies performed during the last 6 months
  • Patients requiring a viscosupplement based on the opinion of the investigator
  • Patients were able to read and understand the information sheet, to give their enlighted consent and to respect follow up consultations

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid or mannitol
  • Patient with a contraindication to the injection procedure : infected skin lesions on or close to an injection site, infectious disease ongoing
  • Patient who received a viscosuplement during the last 3 months
  • Patient who received an intra-articular injection of corticoids in the target articulation during the month before the inclusion
  • Patient not talking french
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
122 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Correlation between Dell's stage and the treatment response

    The variation between injection D0 and D90 of the thumb pain on 11 point-Likert scale (0-10)

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • LABRHA
    Lyon, 69001, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 9, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03622736
Lead sponsor
Labrha
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 9, 2018
Start date
Mar 2016
Primary completion
Jun 2017
Completion
Aug 2017
Last update
Aug 9, 2018

Study contacts

thierry CONROZIER, MD
principal investigator · Labrha

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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