Pain After Proximal Digital Amputation Prevention

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain, Amputation Neuroma, Amputation

In brief

Finger amputations are common and may be complicated by debilitating nerve pain. This study seeks to determine if nerve pain after digital amputation can be more effectively prevented with either of two new surgical techniques-targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) or regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces (RPNI)-compared to standard treatment by traction neurectomy (TN).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04378062

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

39

Starts

2020-03-01

Expected to finish

2023-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-08-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients requiring single finger amputations at the level of the proximal interphalangeal joint or proximal (i.e., closer to the body than this joint).
• Patients have the capacity to complete the informed consent process

You may not qualify if…

• Patients less than 18 years of age, prisoner, or other vulnerable population
• Patients with significant concomitant ipsilateral extremity injuries that would confound study
• Patients requiring emergent, staged (guillotine-type) amputations of any kind

Where it is running

• Eskenazi Hospital — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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