Could a simple glove ease CRPS nerve pain?
NCT ID NCT05034835
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether wearing compression garments (gloves or sleeves) can reduce nerve pain in people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) of the upper limbs. Sixty participants will either receive usual care plus the garment or usual care alone for three months. Pain levels will be tracked weekly, with follow-ups at 6 months and 1 year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- compression garment (glove or sleeve)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug option to ease nerve pain in people with CRPS.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 60 participants. The effect may be small or not work for everyone, and the garments may be uncomfortable or poorly tolerated.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Patients with CRPS of the upper limb with neuropathic pain * Diagnosis of CRPS according to the Budapest criteria * Diagnosis of neuropathic pain according to DN4 * CRPS evolving for more than 3 months * No phlebitis or open sores on the upper limbs * Patient consent to participate in the study * No modification of his drug treatment for 1 month * Affiliation to a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Patient under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice * Psychiatric pathology altering the ability to consent * Severe cognitive disorders that do not allow the patient to assess his pain * Skin pathology preventing the wearing of the compression garment * Patient who has previously worn a compression garment * History of vascular disorders of the upper limbs, lymph node dissection, or any other pathology that can lead to edema regardless of CRPS * Known allergy to one of the components of the compression garments of the Cerecare brand * Declared pregnancy, breastfeeding woman or woman of childbearing potential without contraception * Inability to put on the compression garment alone
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CMRRF de Kerpape
RECRUITINGPloemeur, Brittany Region, 56270, France
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