Compare the Efficacy of Acupuncture Therapy and Carbamazepine Oral Dosage in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Multiple Excitability Test
NCT ID: NCT00952432
Last Updated: 2011-04-12
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
80 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-05-31
2011-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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ACUPUNCTURE
ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture
MEDICATION
Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine 200mg, 1/2 tablet, TID for 1 month
Interventions
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Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine 200mg, 1/2 tablet, TID for 1 month
Acupuncture
Acupuncture
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* outpatient or inpatient subject with numbness of arm, clinically met diagnostic criteria of AAEM(American association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine CTS task force), and proven to have distal motor neurological disorder through nerve Conduction Study (distal motor latency \>4.6 msec, decreased SNAP \< 12uV or prolonged median sensory distal latency (palm to wrist) \> 2.5msec)。
* Willing to sign the Informed Consent form
Exclusion Criteria
* subject with Polyneuritis or Cervical nerve root lesions
* Subject with peripheral hypertrophy, hypothyroidism, multiple myeloma, or amyloidosis
* Allergic to Carbamazepine or similar type of medicine
* inability to act independently, or in the opinion of the investigator, not suitable for the study
* In the opinion of the investigator, the subject requires surgical repair of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, or the symptoms will be worsen result in irreversible damage to the subject if not treated with surgical repair within 3 months.
20 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Wan Fang Hospital
Principal Investigators
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Jia-Ying Sung, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital
Locations
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Taipei Medical University - Wan Fang Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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2008WFCRC-07
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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