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NCT07568470

Can the Phoenix Sign be Elicited With D5W

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAll AgesInterventionalDiagnostic
US Neuropathy Centers
~600 participants
Updated 2026-05-05 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Infiltration of D5W

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Changes in motor strength of dorsiflexion of the anterior and lateral compartments of the lower extremity
Measured over From enrollment to end of their treatment at 1 day
+2 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Drop Foot

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Georgia1

Study leadership

  • Stephen L Barrett, DPM MBA · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · US Neuropathy Centers LLC

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

subjects must have a weakness of dorsiflexion and specifically of the Extensor Hallucis Longus muscle
drop foot

Exclusion

Trypanaphobia
allergy to D5W

What this trial measures

  • Changes in motor strength of dorsiflexion of the anterior and lateral compartments of the lower extremityFrom enrollment to end of their treatment at 1 day

    Each subject will receive the infiltration and then be assessed for any changes in motor strength at 4 and 10 minutes after the injection.

  • Presence of absence of increase in motor strength of the lower extremity in dorsiflexionFrom enrollment to the end of the day

    Using manual motor testing the strength of the lower extremity in dorsiflexion will be evaluated with a score of 1-5 out of 5.

  • Number of subjects that have increased dorsiflexion strength after D5W infiltrationEnrollment to end of clinic vist in 1 hour

    Subjects will be evaluated by manual motor testing of the patient before and after infiltration of D5W on a 1 to 5 out of 5 mother strength grading.