Early drug may ease nerve pain after spinal injury
NCT ID NCT05805683
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving calcitonin early after a spinal cord injury can lower the chance or severity of nerve pain. About 126 adults with a recent spinal injury will receive either calcitonin or a placebo. Researchers will track pain levels and side effects for up to a year.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 126 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged ≥18 years, with spinal cord injury at any level and any degree of completeness in the early stage of trauma. Exclusion Criteria: * Intake of anticonvulsants medications. * Evidence of neuropathic pain. * Evidence of previous allergic reaction to calcitonin. * Patients with renal, hepatic and cardiac dysfunction or neurological disorders . * brain damage or major trauma to extremities or abdomen.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tanta University
RECRUITINGTanta, Gharbia Governorate, 31527, Egypt
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