Effectiveness of ECA Cream on Calcifying Shoulder Tendinitis

Consorci Sanitari del Maresme

Status: Completed

Conditions: Calcifying Shoulder Tendinitis

Treatments: Other: ECA cream

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02986035

46/16

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot trail aims to assess the effectiveness of ECA cream in the treatment of calcifying shoulder tendinitis in terms of:

1. Reduction or removal of shoulder calcifications
2. Functional improvements
3. Pain improvements 10 subjects will be assessed prior and 1 and 2 months post intervention onset. The intervention will consist in the application of the ECA cream in the affected shoulder twice a day during 1 month.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients >=18 years
• diagnosed of calcifying shoulder tendinitis diagnosed by a medical specialist (rehabilitation, orthopedic surgeon or rheumatologist) by x-ray
• with disease evolution of more than 3 months and less than 12 months
• that give their informed consent by writing

Exclusion criteria

• Previous shoulder surgery patients
• Patients with shoulder affections treated with shockwaves or corticosteroid injections.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: ECA cream