# Prolotherapy Versus Steroids for Thumb Carpo-metacarpal Joint Arthritis

> **NCT00685880** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Mayo Clinic** · enrollment: 2 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Osteoarthritis

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Prolotherapy (10% dextrose solution)
- **DRUG:** Betamethasone

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00685880
- **Lead sponsor:** Mayo Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2008-05
- **Primary completion:** 2010-07
- **Final completion:** 2010-07
- **Target enrollment:** 2 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Unable to recruit adequate numbers of patients
- **Last updated:** 2012-08-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00685880

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00685880, "Prolotherapy Versus Steroids for Thumb Carpo-metacarpal Joint Arthritis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00685880. Licensed CC0.

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