Tokyo, Aug. 16 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000058808) titled 'Screening for cardiac amyloidosis in patients with carpal tuunel syndrome (SCREEN-CTS trial)' on Aug. 15.
Study Type:
Observational
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Japan Community Healthcare Organization Tokuyama Central Hospital
Condition:
Condition - carpal tunnel syndrome
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - We aimed to investigate the frequency of amyloid deposition in synovial tissue and evaluate the prevalence of cardiac amyloidosis in patients who underwent carpal tunnel release at our hospital.
Furthermore, because patients without cardiac amyloido...