Actively Recruiting
4-aminopyridine Treatment for Nerve Injury
Led by John Elfar · Updated on 2025-12-17
70
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
390 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To evaluate the role of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) on the course of recovery after peripheral nerve traction and/or crush injury. This study aims to test the hypothesis that 4-aminopyridine speeds the often slow and unpredictable recovery after peripheral nerve traction and/or crush injuries.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
4-aminopyridine Treatment for Nerve Injury
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male patients with organ-confined, non-metastatic prostate cancer (stages cT1c-T2c) planning to undergo Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Bilateral Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy
- Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) levels less than 15 ng/ml within the last 12 months
- Biopsy-proven prostate cancer with no expected need for postoperative adjuvant therapy
- Aged 45 to 75 years
- Abridged International Index of Erectile Function-Erectile Function (IIEF-5) score of 17 or higher at screening
- At least 6 months of regular sexual activity and sexual activity during the 12 weeks prior to prostate biopsy or surgery
- Willing to abstain from erectile dysfunction treatments until 3 months after surgery
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Planned adjuvant therapy after surgery based on pathology or cancer stage (stage T3 or greater), positive lymph nodes, or positive surgical margins
- Neo-adjuvant therapy prior to surgery
- History of recurrent prostate cancer
- History of seizures, multiple sclerosis, stroke, or other neurological disorders
- History of non-organ confined or metastatic prostate cancer (clinical stage T3 or greater)
- Known hypersensitivity to 4-aminopyridine
- History of penile surgery other than circumcision or endoscopic urethral stricture surgery
- Renal impairment with calculated GFR below 60 mL/min
- Use of any other aminopyridine medications for any indication
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
Actively Recruiting
2
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, United States, 14602
Terminated
Research Team
A
Andrea Horne
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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