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Radiation Therapy for Dupuytren's Contracture Following Non-Surgical Release

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · NCT06330545

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 45+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
95
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 16, 2024
Record last updated
July 28, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this study is to learn about preventing recurrence of Dupuytren's Contracture. The main question it aims to answer are:

  • Does targeted radiation therapy decrease recurrence of Dupuytren's contracture after treatment with Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum?

Participants will undergo

  • Release of Dupuytren's Contracture after Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum injection
  • Daily radiation therapy treatment for 5 days followed by 6-8 week rest period and then another course of 5 days of radiation therapy

Being studied: Radiation therapy

Conditions: Dupuytren Contracture

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 45 or greater with DC
  • Extension deficit >10 degrees
  • Unable to simultaneously place the affected finger and palm flat on a table.
  • Women included in the study will be post-menopausal or using contraception, and a pregnancy test will be performed as standard of care.
  • For patients who are having multiple CCH injections, only the first 2 joints on given hand will be included

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unsuccessful non-surgical release (> N/1 disease)
  • They develop an open wound during CCH
  • Breast feeding or pregnancy
  • A chronic muscular, neurologic, or neuromuscular disorder affecting the hands.
  • Less than the age of 45
  • They have previously undergone radiation on the hand in which they plan to get CCH injections
  • They are pregnant women, impaired adults or prisoners

Recruiting US locations

  • Dartmouth Hitchcock

    Lebanon, NH 03766

    Site contact: Julia Schwarz, MD · 6036505133 · julia.s.schwarz@hitchcock.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Peter A DePalo, BS, CCRP · 603 653-0494 · peter.a.depalo.sr@hitchcock.org
  • Lance Warhold, MD · 603 650-5133
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