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Dexmedetomidine, Ozone and Dexamethasone Local Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for Pain Relief
Led by Tanta University · Updated on 2025-05-29
135
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
108 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The aim of the present study is to compare the analgesic efficacy of Dexmedetomidine, Ozone and Dexamethasone regional injection in carpal tunnel syndrome.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Dexmedetomidine, Ozone and Dexamethasone Local Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for Pain Relief
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age from 20 to 60 years
- Both sexes
- Ultrasonographic evidence of mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome
- Numbness and pain in median nerve area for at least 3 months
- Nerve conduction studies consistent with carpal tunnel syndrome per guidelines
- Median nerve cross-sectional area at wrist greater than 12 mm2 indicating mild-to-moderate CTS
You will not qualify if you...
- Patient refusal to participate
- Severe carpal tunnel syndrome needing surgery
- Improvement on medical treatment
- Previous surgical or injection treatment for CTS
- Pregnancy
- Presence of brachial plexopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome, polyneuropathy, radiculopathy, or other peripheral nerve lesions in upper limb
- Severe cardiovascular disease
- Morbid obesity with BMI over 35 kg/m2
- Infection at injection site
- Bleeding disorders
- History of thyroid deficiency, uncontrolled diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or G6PD deficiency
- Allergy to Ozone or Dexmedetomidine
- End-stage kidney or liver disease
- History of inflammatory joint or connective tissue disorders, burns, local tissue contractures, or wrist trauma
- Refusal to complete pain scale or nerve conduction studies before and after injection
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Faculty of Medicine
Tanta, El Gharbia, Egypt, 31527
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Mahmoud T Elgebaly, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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