Status:
UNKNOWN
A Comparison of Ultrasound-guided Steroid Injection With Wrist Splint in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Lead Sponsor:
Mercy Health Ohio
Conditions:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is caused by compression of a nerve called the median nerve as it travels through a narrow tunnel within the wrist on its way to the hand. Compression of the median nerve ...
Detailed Description
The purpose of the study is to determine which of two commonly used therapeutic interventions for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), steroid injection or wrist splint, is more effective in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects with typical symptoms of CTS, including nocturnal, postural, or usage-associated paresthesia of the hand
- symptoms persisting for at least 3 months before the study
- Patients with mild to moderate symptoms
- no history of steroid injections in the past
- no history of CT release surgery
- and age 18 to 75.
Exclusion
- Thenar atrophy or muscle weakness
- severe CTS
- pregnancy
- hypothyroidism
- diabetes mellitus
- chronic renal failure
- rheumatoid arthritis
- orthopedic or neurological disorders that could mimic CTS such as cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy, proximal median nerve entrapment, or thoracic outlet syndrome
- history of distal radius fracture
- anticoagulation
- chronic use of systemic corticosteroids
- known allergy to corticosteroids and local anesthetics.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04515966
Start Date
December 1 2020
End Date
November 1 2022
Last Update
September 9 2021
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St. Elizabeth Boardman Family Medicine
Boardman, Ohio, United States, 44512