Hand Therapy or Not Following Collagenase Treatment for Dupuytren's Contracture?

NCT ID: NCT03580213

Last Updated: 2023-09-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-04-05

Study Completion Date

2023-05-03

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates if hand therapy have an impact on the patients' preformance of and satisfaction with everyday activities or not following collagenase injection treatment for Dupuytren's contracture. Differences on this between patients with contracted proximal interphalangeal joint(s) and patients with affected metacarpophalangeal joint(s) only, will also be investigated. Two equal sized groups will either receive hand therapy or no treatment following the injection and extension procedure.

Detailed Description

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Today it varies if patients with collagenase treated Dupuytren's contracture (DC) are referred to hand therapy or not. No studies are found looking at the effect of therapy following collagenase treatment compared to no therapy.

The main purpose of the study is to find if hand therapy improves patients' performance of and satisfaction with everyday activities or not, one year after collagenase treatment for DC. Differences on this between patients with contracted proximal interphalangeal joint(s) (PIPJ) and patients with affected metacarpophalangeal joint(s) (MCPJ) only, will also be investigated.

A Norwegian randomised controlled trial will be conducted with two parallel intervention groups in a pre-test - post-test design. Hand therapy includes oedema control, scar management, night-time splinting, movement exercises and use of everyday activities as therapy. Additional individualised therapy will be provided if needed. Test times are right before, straight after, six weeks, four months and one year after collagenase treatment. Sample size needed is 160 participants. Appropriate methods of statistical analysis will be used.

Discussion Research on DC is challenging as the clinical picture is heterogeneous, no cure exists and no agreement on who should receive collagenase treatment. Hand therapy in the study will be individualised and not equal for every patient.

Conditions

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Dupuytren Disease of Palm and Finger, With Contracture

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Hand therapy MCPJ affected

40 participants With Dupuytren's contracture with only the Metacarpophalangeal joints affected, receiving hand therapy after collagenase injection and extension treatment.

Hand therapy: edema control, wound and scar treatment, splinting, exercises for hand, exercise through activities of daily living.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hand therapy MCPJ affected

Intervention Type OTHER

Prevention of oedema, treatment of scar, splinting to maintain or improve extension, exercises, activity of daily living as exercise. Instructions, demonstration and advices.

Hand therapy PIPJ affected

40 participants With Dupuytren's contracture with the proximal interphalangeal joint involved, receiving hand therapy after collagenase injection and extension treatment.

Hand therapy: edema control, wound and scar treatment, splinting, exercises for hand, exercise through activities of daily living. Possible additional splint and exercises specifically for the PIPJ extension.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hand therapy PIPJ affected

Intervention Type OTHER

Prevention of oedema, treatment of scar, splinting to maintain or improve extension, exercises, activity of daily living as exercise. Instructions, demonstration and advices. Possible additional splint and exercises specifically for the PIPJ extension.

Control group MCPJ affected

40 participants With Dupuytren's contracture with only the Metacarpophalangeal joints affected.

No treatment after the collagenase injection and extension treatment.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Control group PIPJ affected

40 participants With Dupuytren's contracture with only the Metacarpophalangeal joints affected.

No treatment after the collagenase injection and extension treatment.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Hand therapy MCPJ affected

Prevention of oedema, treatment of scar, splinting to maintain or improve extension, exercises, activity of daily living as exercise. Instructions, demonstration and advices.

Intervention Type OTHER

Hand therapy PIPJ affected

Prevention of oedema, treatment of scar, splinting to maintain or improve extension, exercises, activity of daily living as exercise. Instructions, demonstration and advices. Possible additional splint and exercises specifically for the PIPJ extension.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients treated with collagenase injection and extension procedure for Dupuytren's contracture

Exclusion Criteria

* earlier injury or treatment for Dupuytren's contracture in the same finger
* patients not capable of following a therapy program
* before randomisation: infection or an allergic reaction to the drug or Complex regional pain syndrome arising
* earlier participation in the same study makes the participant not eligible to be included once more when treated in the other hand.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Haukeland University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Terese Aglen

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Haukeland University Hospital

Locations

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Haukeland University Hospital

Bergen, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Aglen T, Matre KH, Lind C, Selles RW, Assmus J, Taule T. Hand therapy or not following collagenase treatment for Dupuytren's contracture? Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Aug 28;20(1):387. doi: 10.1186/s12891-019-2712-z.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31455312 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2017/613

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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