Shock wave or sugar shot? new study pits two heel pain fixes Head-to-Head
NCT ID NCT07233395
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two treatments for plantar fasciitis, a common cause of heel pain. One treatment, prolotherapy, involves injecting a sugar solution to help the tissue heal. The other, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), uses sound waves to stimulate healing. The study will enroll 60 adults with heel pain lasting more than 3 months and measure pain and foot function over 12 weeks.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 60 people
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- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
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- Expected to finish
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Mar 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of plantar fasciitis Ages 18 to 75 years Both male and female participants Heel pain localized to the medial calcaneal tubercle for more than 3 months Morning first-step pain and pain increasing with daily loading Willingness to participate and provide written informed consent Patients presenting to Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital Exclusion Criteria: Cardiac pacemaker Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus History of inflammatory rheumatic disease Bleeding disorders Use of anticoagulant medications other than aspirin Allergy to dextrose Previous foot or ankle surgery Peripheral neuropathy S1 radiculopathy in the same extremity Local corticosteroid injection to the plantar fascia within the last 3 months ESWT applied to the plantar fascia within the last 3 months Physical therapy applied to the foot/ankle in the last 3 months Cognitive dysfunction Active infection at the planned injection site \-
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