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Effectiveness of Thoracic Facet Joint Nerve Blocks

NCT00355706 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-03-10

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Summary

1. To demonstrate whether:

i. Facet joint nerve blocks have therapeutic value beyond the duration of local anesthetic effect.

ii. Addition of Depo-steroid provides additional relief of thoracic facet joint pain when used with facet joint nerve blocks.
2. To demonstrate whether or not there are clinically significant improvements in function of patients who receive thoracic facet joint nerve block with Depo-steroid compared to patients randomized to Group I who receive only local anesthetic blocks.
3. To determine the adverse event profile in both groups

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Thoracic facet joint nerve blocks

Thoracic medial branch blocks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pain Management Center of Paducah

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD · Ambulatory Surgery Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-08-31
Primary Completion
2006-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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