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CompletedNCT03294733Updated Feb 26, 2020

The Relationship Between Age and Carpal Tunnel Size

An interventional study of Ultrasound in Carpal Tunnel, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-26.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2017, registered Sep 2017).

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 15 studies in Median Neuropathy with a site in United States — 1 open to participants now, 1 under way, none of them phase 3. Median Neuropathy · United States.

Enrollment
5th of 11
100 · median 88
Started
2017
the only one that year
No phase
9 of 15
1 open now
Registered
7th of 15
by date
Lead sponsor
2 of 15
Mayo Clinic

Among the 15 studies in Median Neuropathy with a site in United States, this one is the 5th largest by enrollment of the 11 interventional ones that give a count, is the only one that started in 2017, is one of 9 with no phase, and was the 7th registered.

Median Neuropathy

74 studies on the registry are indexed under Median Neuropathy; 19 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

1 of the 15 studies in Median Neuropathy with a site in United States is open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 12 Median Neuropathy studies recruiting now, 4 (33%) set no upper age limit and 7 (58%) stop at 75 or younger; none take children under 18; 2 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

Investigators hypothesis is that as human age increases, the size of the carpal tunnel decreases.

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Participants will be taken to a hand examination room where a portable ultrasound (US) machine is present. A previously determined wrist will be examined for each of the participants. The US will be used to obtain measurements of the subjects carpal tunnel and median nerve at multiple levels in order to define its size.

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Conditions studied

  • Carpal Tunnel

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Greater than age 18 having bilateral wrists amenable to ultrasound examination.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active carpal tunnel syndrome,
  • history of carpal tunnel syndrome
  • any prior arm or hand surgery (including previous carpal tunnel release for any reason or previous surgery on the volar wrist)
  • distal radius fracture deformity
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • open wounds or lesions of the hand or forearm
  • known congenital deformities of the upper extremity.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Ultrasound

    Ultrasound wrists to determine carpal tunnel size

    Procedure: Ultrasound

Interventions

  • ProcedureUltrasound

    This ultrasound machine is owned by the department of orthopaedic surgery and is capable of up to 15 MHz image definition with its linear transducer

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Size of carpal tunnel

    using ultrasound imaging to determine size of carpal tunnel

    Time frame: Baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic in Florida
    Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from May 2017 to primary completion in Feb 2020, 32 months.

Of 38 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Median Neuropathy, half reached primary completion within 14 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 26. This study's 32 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 42 studies reached it within 14 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 26.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 19, 2017
First posted
Sep 27, 2017
StartActual
May 22, 2017
Primary completionActual
Feb 1, 2020
CompletionActual
Feb 1, 2020
Last update
Feb 26, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 26, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03294733
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Peter M. Murray (Chair, Orthopedic Department Mayo Clinic Florida, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 27, 2017
Start date
May 22, 2017
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2020
Completion
Feb 1, 2020
Last update
Feb 26, 2020

Study contacts

Peter M Murray
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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