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Status unknownNCT05448794Updated Jul 7, 2022

Efficacy of Prolotherapy and Hydrodilatation for Frozen Shoulder

An interventional study of injection in Frozen Shoulder, sponsored by Tri-Service General Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-07.

Sponsored by Tri-Service General Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Aug 2021, registered Jul 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
30 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Objective: To determine whether ultrasound-guided Intra-Articular Hypertonic Dextrose and hydrodilatation improves pain and function in patients with frozen shoulder(FS)

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Setting: a medical center hospital. Participants: Subjects with primary FS with shoulder pain more than 3 months. Interventions: Participants randomly be assigned into A and B group: group A received ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation with hypertonic Dextrose with a mixture of 2mL of 50%, 1mL of 2% lidocaine, and 6ml normative saline ; group B : ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation with 9 mL of normative saline and 1 mL of 2% lidocaine.

Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcome measure was the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index score. Secondary outcomes were the VAS of shoulder pain level, muscle power and angles of shoulder passive range of motion, including flexion, abduction, extension, external rotation, and internal rotation at pretreatment and weeks 2, 4, 8, 12 and 24 of post-treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Frozen Shoulder

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In context

Bursitis

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This study's planned enrollment of 60 is above the median of 45 across 371 interventional studies indexed under Bursitis.

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Lead sponsor

Tri-Service General Hospital is the lead sponsor of 109 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Participants diagnosed with primary FS who had experienced shoulder pain for more than 6 months and a reduction > 30° in passive ROM of the affected shoulder in at least two directions (forward flexion, abduction, or external rotation) compared with the contralateral side were evaluated for eligibility. 23 Subjects with any degree of tear or calcified tendinitis of rotator cuff tendons, previous shoulder surgery, previous intra-articular injection for the affected shoulder within 3 months of the study; or any secondary FS caused by metabolic, rheumatic, infectious arthritis, stroke, tumor, shoulder fracture/dislocation, or acute cervical radiculopathy were excluded. 23

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    evaluation prolotherapy for frozen shoulder

    This pilot study highlighted that prospective studies are required to prove its clinical application for FS and other conditions.

    Other: injection

Interventions

  • Otherinjection

    ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation with hypertonic Dextrose

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index score

    Time frame: 2 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Tri-Service General Hospital
    Taipei, Alberta, Taiwan
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — after publish, we could share our plan

Supporting information: Study protocol

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 Jul 7, 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
NCT05448794
Lead sponsor
Tri-Service General Hospital
Responsible party
Chih-Ya Chang (MD, Tri-Service General Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 7, 2022
Start date
Aug 20, 2021
Primary completion
Jun 22, 2022
Completion
Aug 22, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 7, 2022

Study contacts

CHIH-YA CHANG, MD
Contact
gradesboy@gmail.com
+287923311 ext. 13707
CHIH-YA CHANG, MD
study director · Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

Oversight

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