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Minocycline to Reduce Pain After Carpal Tunnel Release

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Pain
Post-operative Pain
Interventions
Drug: placebo
Registration Number
NCT02051296
Lead Sponsor
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Brief Summary

The investigators are looking at whether peri-operative minocycline will reduce the duration of pain after minor hand surgery: carpal tunnel release and trigger finger release.

The investigators' hypothesis is that minocycline will reduce post-operative pain.

Detailed Description

This is a double blinded randomized controlled trial. Patients are given 100mg of minocycline 2 hours prior to their procedure and then 100mg two times a day for 5 days. The subjects are then contacted daily to check their level of pain. The investigators' outcome of interest is time to pain resolution.

The investigators will perform a futility analysis to assess if a larger trial would be a reasonable next step after this pilot study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
131
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult, Veteran,
Exclusion Criteria
  • Kidney failure, Liver failure, thrombocytopenia, ALS, SLE, Frailty, unable to understand survery

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboplaceboPLacebo
minocyclineMinocyclineperioperative minocycline for 5 days, starting 2 hours prior to surgery then 100mg BID
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to Pain Resolutionup to 365 days

the time until patient answers no pain at surgical site for three consecutive days

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Palo Alto VA

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Palo Alto, California, United States

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