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CompletedNCT04098055EISLEUpdated May 19, 2022

Effect of Insoles in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

An interventional study of Custom-Made Foot Orthoses and Placebo in Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Foot Orthoses and Musculoskeletal Pain, sponsored by University of Seville. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-19.

Sponsored by University of Seville · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Demonstrate that custom-made insoles improve painful symptomatology, health and foot function in subjects with SLE and podiatric involvement.

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Conditions studied

  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
  • Foot Orthoses
  • Musculoskeletal Pain

Keywords

  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
  • Foot Orthoses
  • Foot
  • Pain
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In context

Musculoskeletal Pain

493 studies on the registry are indexed under Musculoskeletal Pain; 113 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 69 across 346 interventional studies indexed under Musculoskeletal Pain.

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Lead sponsor

University of Seville is the lead sponsor of 127 studies on the registry; 37 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years or more.
  • Medical diagnosis of LES.
  • Foot involvement.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Treatment with foot orthoses.
  • LES with acute symptomatic flare.
  • Ulcers.
  • Skin involvement.
  • Neurological problems.
  • Cognitive deterioration.
  • Need for walking assistance.
  • Refused to change footwear to use the foot orthoses.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Custom-made foot orthoses

    Device: Custom-Made Foot Orthoses

  • Placebo comparator
    Control Group

    Device: Placebo

Interventions

  • DeviceCustom-Made Foot Orthoses

    The foot orthoses were custom made using phenolic foam molds of the feet. They consisted of a polypropylene layer of 2 mm from heel to just proximal to the metatarsal heads, an upper sheet of 30 Shore A polyethylene foam.

  • DevicePlacebo

    The insole made using phenolic foam molds of the feet. They consisted of an upper sheet of 30 Shore A polyethylene foam.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 11-point Numeric Pain Rating Scale

    With a range of 0 = no pain to 10 = pain as bad as it can be.

    Time frame: 1 minute

  2. SF- 12 Quality of Life

    To describe the relationships among functional health status measures. This has values between 0 and 100, with higher values corresponding to lower quality of life.

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  3. Foot Function

    Foot Function Index

    Time frame: 5 minutes

  4. Foot Disability

    Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index

    Time frame: 5 minutes

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Podiatry
    Seville, 41009, Spain
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References and documents

Publications

  • Pipili C, Sfritzeri A, Cholongitas E. Deforming arthropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Eur J Intern Med. 2008 Nov;19(7):482-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.01.017. Epub 2008 Apr 1. PubMed 19013374 ↗
  • Otter SJ, Kumar S, Gow P, Dalbeth N, Corkill M, Rohan M, Davies KA, Pankathelam S, Rome K. Patterns of foot complaints in systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross sectional survey. J Foot Ankle Res. 2016 Mar 22;9:10. doi: 10.1186/s13047-016-0143-8. eCollection 2016. PubMed 27006702 ↗
  • Reina-Bueno M, Vazquez-Bautista MDC, Perez-Garcia S, Rosende-Bautista C, Saez-Diaz A, Munuera-Martinez PV. Effectiveness of custom-made foot orthoses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2019 Apr;33(4):661-669. doi: 10.1177/0269215518819118. Epub 2018 Dec 17. PubMed 30556429 ↗
  • Reina-Bueno M, Vazquez-Bautista MDC, Palomo-Toucedo IC, Dominguez-Maldonado G, Castillo-Lopez JM, Ramos-Ortega J, Munuera-Martinez PV. Effectiveness of custom-made foot orthoses in patients with systemic lupus erythaematosus: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 1;11(3):e042627. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042627. PubMed 33649056 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 19, 2022, 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
NCT04098055
Lead sponsor
University of Seville
Responsible party
Pedro V. Munuera-Martínez (Director, University of Seville) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 20, 2019
Start date
Nov 2, 2019
Primary completion
Feb 2, 2021
Completion
Feb 2, 2022
Last update
May 19, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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