Comparing the effectiveness of two steroid drugs (methylprednisolone and triamcinolone) in epidural injection to reduce chronic pain in lower back and legs
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M480- Spinal stenosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/068152
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Clinically diagnosed signs and symptoms suggestive of neurogenic claudication pain
refractory to conservative treatment for more than 3 months.
2. Age range between 40 and 80 years.
3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based Lee’s Grading 1 to 3 for lumbar central canal
or foraminal stenosis.
1. Previous history of lumbar surgery
2. Back or leg pain due to other etiologies (e.g. spinal fracture, metastasis, neuropathy,
vascular claudication etc.)
3. Pregnancy and lactating women
4. Severe bleeding diathesis or on anticoagulation therapy
5. Patient with severe heart, lung, hepatic, renal, psychiatric, connective tissue disorder,
neurological, uncontrolled diabetes mellites or hypertension
6. Presence of systemic infection or local infection at the injection site
7. Significant allergic reaction or hypersensitivity to contrast, anaesthetic, or corticosteroids
8. Patient diagnosed with malignancy
9. Patient on uncontrollable or unstable opioid use
10. Patient having severe motor weakness, rapidly progressing neurological deficit, or cauda
equina syndrome
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method