Finger nerve study: could a cast be as good as surgery?
NCT ID NCT05536609
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the best way to treat nerve injuries in the fingers. It compares surgery with wearing a cast. About 166 adults with a cut nerve in one finger will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatments. The main goal is to see how well feeling returns after one 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 166 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2031
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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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Clinical signs of isolated traumatic digital nerve injury in digits 2, 3, 4 or 5. * Patient age =\> 20 years on day of injury. * Injury location on volar aspect of finger. * Acute sensory dysfunction in suspected digital nerve injury area. Exclusion Criteria: * Digital nerve injury ot the thumb * Digital nerve injury in the palm of the hand (i e proximal to the finger base) * Patient does not speak or read the Swedish language. * Abusive drug or alcohol use * Dementia. * Injury mor than 7 days at dianosis AND/OR operative treatment cannot be offered within 10 days from injury. * Neurologic disease. * Ongoing infektion in the injured finger. * concomittant tendoninjury or fracture in injured or adjacent finger. * Injury mechanism is of blunt or crush charachter
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Locations
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Karolinska Institutet Södersjukhuset, Department of clinical research and education
RECRUITINGStockholm, Stockholm County, 11883, Sweden
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