Tennis elbow treatment showdown ends early
NCT ID NCT02325063
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared three different injections—platelet-rich plasma, botulinum toxin, and steroids—for treating tennis elbow pain. It aimed to see which worked best for pain relief. Only 13 people took part before the study was stopped early.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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13 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2015
- Finished
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May 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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General inclusion criteria: * The patient must have given free and informed consent and signed the consent * The patient must be affiliated or beneficiary to a health insurance plan * The patient is available for 6 months of follow-up * Woman of childbearing age using contraception Inclusion criteria for the target population: the patient has a side epicondylalgia objectified by: * Clinical criteria: symptoms lasting for more than 6 weeks and less than 12 months. The list of symptoms to be present are: pain on palpation of the lateral epicondyle, pain in the lateral epicondyle during blocked contraction * Therapeutic: less than two injections of corticosteroids performed, and the last such injection was performed at least 3 months before inclusion General non-inclusion criteria: * The patient is participating in another study * The patient is exclusion period determined by a previous study * The patient is under judicial protection * The patient is under guardianship or curatorship * The patient refuses to sign the consent * Woman of childbearing age not using contraception * Impossible to correction inform the patient about the study Non-inclusion criteria for investigational and auxiliary medicinal products: * The patient has at least one of the contra-indications listed in the SPC for Xeomin and ALTIM: * Hypersensitivity to Botulinum neurotoxin type A or Cortivazol * Hypersensitivity to any of the excipients used in the composition of XEOMIN (Human albumin, sucrose) and / or ALTIM (Benzyl alcohol, carmellose sodium, sodium chloride, cetylpyridinium chloride, polysorbate 80) * Generalized disorders of muscle activity (eg myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome). * Severe coagulation disorders, anticoagulation in progress (ticlopidine, clopidogrel, other antiplatelet or antithrombotic agents) * Presence of a local or general infection, suspected infection, infection at the proposed injection site. Non-inclusion criteria for the medical device used for the PRP samples (SmartPReP2 sampling system): * Clinical or laboratory evidence for sepsis * Taking aspirin or other drugs altering platelet function in the previous 3 days * Patient with the platelet dysfunction disorders Non-inclusion criteria for interfering diseases or conditions: * The patient is pregnant, parturient or she is breastfeeding * The patient has an allergy to botulinum toxin type A and / or glucocorticoids * The patient has medial epicondylalgia * The patient has a history of elbow surgery * The patient has any of the following conditions: immunodeficiency, rheumatic disease, hepatitis, diabetes, another disease of the ipsilateral limb, neurological disorder (radiculopathy, compression of the radial nerve), any myopathy (all etiologies) * The patient received treatment with corticosteroids in the last 3 months * The patient is being treated with long-term anti-platelet medication
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU de Montpellier - Hôpital Lapeyronie
Montpellier, 34295, France
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CHRU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau
Nîmes, 30029, France
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