# Postoperative Alpha Lipoic Acid in the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

> **NCT01895621** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli** · enrollment: 64 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Entrapment Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel
- Compression Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel
- Median Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Median nerve decompression at the wrist
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Alpha lipoic acid post median nerve decompression

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01895621
- **Lead sponsor:** Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-03
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12
- **Final completion:** 2015-06
- **Target enrollment:** 64 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-06-24


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01895621

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01895621, "Postoperative Alpha Lipoic Acid in the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: a Randomized Controlled Trial.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01895621. Licensed CC0.

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