Platelet Rich Plasma for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

26 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-09-08

Study Completion Date

2019-10-30

Brief Summary

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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy with involving compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. Although many conservative managements of CTS, the effectiveness of these methods is insignificant or only persist for a short duration. The platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a new and potential treatment for patients with kinds of musculoskeletal disorders and recent reports showed being beneficial for peripheral neuropathy in animal studies. Since 2014, four small clinical trials showed the positive effect of PRP in peripheral neuropathy. Among these studies, two small trials showed beneficial effect of PRP for patients with mild CTS. However, the definite clinical effect of PRP for peripheral neuropathy from currently published studies is unclarified because these studies enrolled a few patients and lacked long-term follow-up (no more than 6 months follow-up).

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Detailed Description

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After obtaining written informed consent, patients of clinically diagnosed with bilateral CTS were randomized into intervention and control side. Intervention group received one-dose ultrasound-guided PRP injection and control group received one-dose ultrasound-guided normal saline injection. No additional treatment after injection through the study period. The primary outcome is Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire (BCTQ) and secondary outcomes include visual analog scale (VAS), cross-sectional area (CSA) of the median nerve, sensory nerve conduction velocity of the median nerve, and finger pinch strength. The evaluation was performed pretreatment as well as on the 2nd week, 1st, 3rd, 6th month and one year after the treatment.

Conditions

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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platelet rich plasma injection

The platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a new and potential treatment for peripheral neuropathy in many animal studies.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

platelet rich plasma

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Ultrasound-guided PRP injection between proximal carpal tunnel and median nerve.

Normal saline

Normal saline for hydrodissection

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Normal saline

Intervention Type DRUG

Ultrasound-guided normal saline injection between proximal carpal tunnel and median nerve.

Interventions

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