Comparison of MRI grading of lumbar disc prolapse and outcome of lumbar epidural steroid injectio
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M472- Other spondylosis with radiculopathyHealth Condition 2: null- patients with low back pain
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/06/008897
- Lead Sponsor
- A
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1.Low back pain with radiation for at least 3 months duration not responding to medication and physical therapies.
2.MRI evidence of disc herniation
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient with history of surgery on lumbar spine
2.Allergic to contrast dye or steroid
3.Bleeding diathesis
4.Pathologica cause of spine disease
5.Patient who received lumbar edpiural steroid injection in past three months or is using systemic steroid for pain relief
6.Pregnant patient
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Co-relation between type of disc herniation and patient related outcome measures like <br/ ><br>1.Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for back and leg pain <br/ ><br>2.Disease- specific physical disability Modified Oswestry Disability Index (MODI) <br/ ><br>3)Preference-based health status- EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) <br/ ><br>4)SF-12 Health Survey Score <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Patients in each group will be followed up for a period of three months at an interval of 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 weeks, 10weeks, 3 months. Patients who get less than 50% pain relief from baseline will receive additional injection with same volume at least 15 days apart with maximum of 3 injections. Those who had more than 50% pain relief will not receive further injection till pain increases to 50% of baseline again.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method naTimepoint: na