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Last refreshed on: 25 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02739945
Date of registration: 10/04/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona
Public title: Sonographic Examination Cubital Tunnel Release SPECTRE
Scientific title: Sonographic Follow-up of Patients With Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) Undergoing Open Neurolysis in Situ or Endoscopic Release: A Prospective Study
Date of first enrolment: May 2011
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02739945
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Stefano Lucchina, MD
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Affiliation:  Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- history of paresthesia or numbness in the ulnar nerve distribution;

- weakness or wasting of the small muscles of the hand;

- a positive elbow flexion provocation test;

- slowed motor conduction velocity in the ulnar nerve below 50 m/sec.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with normal nerve conduction studies;

- prior surgery for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome;

- prior traumatic lesions of the elbow;

- coexistent neurological diseases;

- bone anormalities (cubitus valgus, deformities from previous elbow fractures,
osteoarthritis with medial osteophytes ands loose bodies, heterotopic ossifications);

- subluxating ulnar nerve;

- space-occupying soft-tissue lesions.



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ulnar Nerve Compression, Cubital Tunnel
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Cubital tunnel release
Primary Outcome(s)
American Shoulder and Elbow Society Function Score [Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Jamar dynamometer (grip strength) [Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively.]
4-point Likert-type scale [Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively.]
Static-2 point discrimination test [Time Frame: 12 months postoperatively.]
Secondary ID(s)
EnteOC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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