Impact of Compression Garments on Pain in Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Upper Limbs.

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Conditions studied: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

In brief

The aim is to study another alternative for the treatment of pain in people with CRPS. Indeed, the TRAB / Medullary occupational therapy department of the CMRRF in Kerpape used compression garments to reduce edema when it was present.In the case of CRPS of the upper limbs, gloves or compression sleeves are used to decrease the edema which is sometimes associated, although they are not supported for this indication. In this context, our clinical experience leads us to believe that there would also be some efficacy in neuropathic pain, this improvement being regularly described by patients.This study is expected to show a notable reduction in neuropathic pain thanks to the wearing of a compression garment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05034835

Run by

Centre Mutualiste de Rééducation et de Réadaptation Fonctionnelles de Kerpape

People needed

60

Starts

2021-10-12

Expected to finish

2026-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• CMRRF de Kerpape — Ploemeur, Brittany Region, France (enrolling)

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