Caudal Corticosteroid vs. Dextrose Injection for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain.

Phase 2

• Conditions: no Conditions
• Interventions: Procedure: Epidural Prolotherapy; Procedure: Epidural Steroid

• Registration Number: NCT02116075
• Lead Sponsor: Naveed Natanzi

Brief Summary

Study comparing caudal prolotherapy to conventional steroid for chronic low back pain

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-16
• Study Start: 2015-01
• Status Verified: 2015-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-06-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Epidural Steroid	Epidural Prolotherapy	80mg depo-medrol 9mL 1% lidocaine
Epidural Prolotherapy	Epidural Steroid	10ml of 5% generic dextrose

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain relief as measured by VAS pain scale.	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disability score as determined by Oswstery questionnaire.	1 year
Change in the frequency and amount of opioid use.	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Veteran'S Affairs Healthy System; 🇺🇸 Long Beach, California, United States