New combo therapy aims to ease carpal tunnel pain without surgery
NCT ID NCT06781489
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study tested whether combining a hand therapy technique (nerve mobilization) with two pain medications (gabapentin and ibuprofen arginine) reduces pain better than ibuprofen alone in people with carpal tunnel syndrome. 129 adults with confirmed carpal tunnel took part. The goal was to see if the combo approach provides greater pain relief and improves hand function.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gabapentin and ibuprofen arginine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination approach could offer a more effective, non-surgical option for reducing pain and improving hand function in carpal tunnel syndrome.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed Phase 4 trial, but results are not yet published. The combination may not be significantly better than ibuprofen alone, and gabapentin can cause side effects like dizziness and drowsiness.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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129 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be medically diagnosed with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (with confirmative electrodiagnostic findings). * Full understanding of written and spoken Spanish (language). * Participants must freely consent to participate. * The presence of positive Phalen and Tinel signs. * The presence of carpal tunnel syndrome signs and symptoms Exclusion Criteria: * The lack to meet inclusion criterions, the presence of cognitive impairment, tumors, cancer, recent (affected) upper limb surgery or trauma, pregnancy, metabolic neuropathy, obesity (body mass index over 30), participants who are not employed, deformities of the (affected) upper limb, recent skin injuries or infections (in the affected upper limb), autoimmune inflammatory conditions or flu type symptoms, allergy to gabapentin, allergy to ibuprofen arginine, and also: participants must not be (during the present investigation) under any type of pain reducing treatment (conservative, homeopathic, invasive or not invasive).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ciudad Hospitalaria Enrique Tejera
Valencia, Carabobo, 02001, Venezuela
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