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Trial registered on ANZCTR


Registration number
ACTRN12618001954213
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
4/10/2018
Date registered
4/12/2018
Date last updated
22/10/2021
Date data sharing statement initially provided
4/12/2018
Type of registration
Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Plantar Fasciitis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthropathies
Scientific title
The Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Plantar Fasciitis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthropathies: a Double Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study
Secondary ID [1] 295742 0
Nil known
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
U1111-1221-6666
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Spondyloarthropathy 309141 0
Plantar Fasciitis 309142 0
Condition category
Condition code
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation 308025 308025 0 0
Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
Inflammatory and Immune System 308026 308026 0 0
Autoimmune diseases
Musculoskeletal 308027 308027 0 0
Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a new technology using a ballistic source to generate pressure waves. The shock waves can be radial or focused. Radial ESWT (rESWT) is a low to medium energy shock wave with a low penetration power compared with focus ESWT. ESWT has commonly been used for the treatment of plantar fasciitis. This study is planned as double-blind, randomized sham-controlled trial. Participants are randomly allocated to three groups: the 500 pulses ESWT group, the 1000 pulses ESWT group and the sham group. Radial ESWT will be applied in this study. ESWT groups will receive radial ESWT one session per week for three weeks. Each session will last for 2-5 minutes. 500 pulses are applied to plantar fascia of the affected side with a frequency of 10 Hertz (Hz) and pressure of 1,8 Bar for the 500 pulses ESWT group. 1000 pulses are applied to plantar fascia of the affected side with a frequency of 10 Hertz (Hz) and pressure of 1,8 Bar for the 1000 pulses ESWT group.The sham group will recieve sham ESWT one session per week for three weeks. For sham group, we will record the sound of ESWT therapy session. The recorded sound will be turned on but the ESWT probe will be off. The patient will be in the prone position during this treatment. For this reason, the patient can not see the ESWT screen. The people receiving the therapy and the people assessing the outcomes are blinded. Intelect RPW Shockwave by Chattanooga Corporation will be used in this study. Radial ESWT will be applied to all participants by the same physiotherapist at least 10 years of experience in Department of Phsical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Ibni Sina Hospital.
Intervention code [1] 312070 0
Treatment: Devices
Intervention code [2] 312071 0
Rehabilitation
Comparator / control treatment
Placebo-controlled: Sham ESWT
Sham ESWT group will recieve ESWT one session per week for three weeks. We will record the sound of ESWT therapy session. For sham group, the recorded sound will be turned on but the ESWT probe will be off.
Control group
Placebo

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 307097 0
Visual Analog Scale: Change in heel pain of affected side assessed using Visual Analog Scale (0-10)
Timepoint [1] 307097 0
Heel pain-will be assessed by Visual Analog Scale At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session,
Secondary outcome [1] 350677 0
Foot Function Index: Foot function would be assessed by Foot Function Index.
Timepoint [1] 350677 0
At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session.
Secondary outcome [2] 350678 0
Pressure Pain Treshold measurement assessed using Pressure Algometer
Timepoint [2] 350678 0
At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session,
Secondary outcome [3] 350679 0
Thickness in plantar fascia assessed using Ultrasonography
Timepoint [3] 350679 0
At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session,
Secondary outcome [4] 350680 0
Homogeneity in plantar fascia assessed using Ultrasonography
Timepoint [4] 350680 0
At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session,
Secondary outcome [5] 350681 0
Presence of synovitis in plantar fascia assessed using Ultrasonography
Timepoint [5] 350681 0
At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session,
Secondary outcome [6] 350682 0
Effusion around the plantar fascia assessed using Ultrasonography
Timepoint [6] 350682 0
At baseline, immediately after the last ESWT session, 4 weeks after the last ESWT session, 8 weeks after the last ESWT session,

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Axial Spondyloarthropathy
Between 18 and 65 years of age
Heel pain lasting at least 3 months
Pain intensity is equal or more than 5 points out of 10 according to Visual Analog Scale
At least two different conservative treatment failures
Patients who have admitted not to take non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug if not using before
Patients who have admitted not to switch to another non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug if using
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
65 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Patient with malignancy
Patient with bleeding diathesis
Patient with active synovitis in plantar fascia
Patient with cognitive impairment, limitation of cooperation
Pregnancy
Patients with severe osteoporosis
Patients with cardiac pacemaker
Patients with peripheral vascular disease
Patients with calcaneal fracture

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
A sealed opaque envelope method will be used to ensure privacy
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Patients will be randomised into two groups. For this purpose Randomisation Allocation Software program will be used.
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s

The people assessing the outcomes
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis
Mean, standard deviation, median, min-max and percentile values will be calculated for the socio-demographic and clinical features, primary and secondary outcome measures by descriptive statistics. The one way Anova test will be used to evaluate differences within groups for parametric measures. The Mann Whitney U test will be used to evaluate differences between groups for non parametric measures. The relationship between clinical results and the ultrasonography will be evaluated by Spearman’s test. P value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. When the power analysis was made by taken Visual Analog Scale as primary outcome variable of the study, Power of the study was calculated to 80% with 10 patients in each group using effect size of 1,00. A total of at least 30 patients are planned to be included in the study

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
15/12/2018
Actual
15/12/2018
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
16/03/2020
Actual
12/07/2021
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
29/05/2020
Actual
20/09/2021
Sample size
Target
30
Accrual to date
Final
22
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 20777 0
Turkey
State/province [1] 20777 0
Ankara

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 300333 0
Other Collaborative groups
Name [1] 300333 0
Turkish League Against Rheumatism
Country [1] 300333 0
Turkey
Primary sponsor type
Other Collaborative groups
Name
Turkish League Against Rheumatism
Address
Yasam Caddesi No: 13/A Neorama Plaza Kat:6 Daire:26 Sögütözü/ANKARA
Country
Turkey
Secondary sponsor category [1] 299770 0
None
Name [1] 299770 0
Address [1] 299770 0
Country [1] 299770 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 301145 0
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee
Ethics committee address [1] 301145 0
Ethics committee country [1] 301145 0
Turkey
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 301145 0
21/05/2018
Approval date [1] 301145 0
28/05/2018
Ethics approval number [1] 301145 0
09-610-18

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 86002 0
Prof Sehim KUTLAY
Address 86002 0
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of PMR Ibni Sina Hospital Sihhiye 06100 Ankara
Country 86002 0
Turkey
Phone 86002 0
+903125082940
Fax 86002 0
+903125083935
Email 86002 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 86003 0
Sehim KUTLAY
Address 86003 0
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of PMR Ibni Sina Hospital Sihhiye 06100 Ankara
Country 86003 0
Turkey
Phone 86003 0
+903125082940
Fax 86003 0
+903125083935
Email 86003 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 86004 0
Sehim KUTLAY
Address 86004 0
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of PMR Ibni Sina Hospital Sihhiye 06100 Ankara
Country 86004 0
Turkey
Phone 86004 0
+903125082940
Fax 86004 0
+903125083935
Email 86004 0
[email protected]

Data sharing statement
Will the study consider sharing individual participant data?
Yes
Will there be any conditions when requesting access to individual participant data?
Persons/groups eligible to request access:
• only researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal

Conditions for requesting access:
• -

What individual participant data might be shared?
• Patient follow-up reports

What types of analyses could be done with individual participant data?
• Available to achieve the aims in the approved proposal

When can requests for individual participant data be made (start and end dates)?
From:
30/12/2021-30/12/2022

To:
-

Where can requests to access individual participant data be made, or data be obtained directly?
• IPD will be shared by e-mail.

Are there extra considerations when requesting access to individual participant data?
No


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

Documents added manually
No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Documents added automatically
SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
EmbaseThe efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on plantar fasciitis in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial.2022https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-022-05098-0
N.B. These documents automatically identified may not have been verified by the study sponsor.