Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:41 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:41 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00000394
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Hand or wrist pain combined with parathesias or numbness in any or all fingers, predominating in a median nerve distribution, and especially occurring at night
* Symptoms unresponsive or poorly responsive to standard conservative therapy (wrist splints, analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
* Electrodiagnostic evidence of distal median neuropathy compatible with carpal tunnel syndrome (to be confirmed at study site)
* Symptoms present for at least 3 months
* No prior treatment with acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome
Exclusion Criteria:
* Evidence of pronounced abductor pollicis weakness or significant thenar wasting (probable candidate for carpal tunnel surgery)
* Prior carpal tunnel surgery on affected side
* Use of narcotic analgesia
* History of wrist or hand fracture on the symptomatic limb
* Current pregnancy or less than 3 months postpartum
* Corticosteroid injection into the carpal tunnel within 3 months
* History of generalized peripheral neuropathy or clinical or electrodiagnostic evidence of generalized polyneuropathy or mononeuropathy multiplex
* History of other neurologic disorders which may cause confusion with the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome, including but not limited to stroke, cervical radiculopathy, myelopathy, subdural hematoma, brain tumor
* Inflammatory articular disease or tendinitis of the hand or wrist by history or physical examination
* Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
* Clinical hypothyroidism
* Chronic renal failure or renal dialysis or forearm fistulae
* Other disorder known to predispose to carpal tunnel syndrome including acromegaly, multiple myeloma, amyloidosis
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT00000394
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00000394