Electric jolt before surgery may speed hand recovery
NCT ID NCT05395715
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving a mild electrical stimulation to the nerve a week before surgery can improve hand function recovery in people with severe cubital tunnel syndrome. Thirty adults with severe nerve damage will be randomly assigned to receive either real stimulation or a sham (fake) treatment before their operation. Researchers will measure nerve fiber counts and hand strength to see if the stimulation helps.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- electrical stimulation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a simple, low-cost way to boost nerve recovery after surgery for severe cubital tunnel syndrome.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 30 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit may be small or not show up at all.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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 to 79 years
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients aged \>18 yr, 2. If signs and symptoms of severe CuTS (ie, McGowan-Goldberg grade 3) were observed, 3. If needle EMG examination showed evidence of chronic motor axonal loss and reduced recruitment in the ulnar-innervated intrinsic hand muscles, and 4. If electrophysiologic evidence of severe motor axonal loss with motor unit number estimation (MUNE) greater than 2 standard deviations below the normative mean. Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Patients were excluded if they had concurrent nerve injury, prior surgery for CuTS or coexisting neurologic conditions
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alberta
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada
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