# Botox for Non-surgical Lateral Release in Patellofemoral Pain

> **NCT00496964** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Virginia Commonwealth University** · enrollment: 5 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Botulinum toxin A + exercise
- **DRUG:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00496964
- **Lead sponsor:** Virginia Commonwealth University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2005-05
- **Primary completion:** 2008-06
- **Final completion:** 2008-06
- **Target enrollment:** 5 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Insufficient recruitment in a reasonable time + expiration of study medication
- **Last updated:** 2017-10-23

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00496964

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00496964, "Botox for Non-surgical Lateral Release in Patellofemoral Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00496964. Licensed CC0.

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