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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2017/07/009080
CTRI/2017/07/009080
Recruiting
Phase 4

A comparative study of epidural steroid with local anaesthetic and only local anaesthetic injection in management of chronic low back pain due to herniated disk: a prospective randomised controlled trial

ESI Institute of Pain Management ESI Hospital Sealdah0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 4
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M511- Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy
Sponsor
ESI Institute of Pain Management ESI Hospital Sealdah
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
ESI Institute of Pain Management ESI Hospital Sealdah

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients suffering from low back pain due to herniated disk with or without radiculopathy
  • 2\. Duration of low back pain more than 12 weeks
  • 3\. Patient taking antineuropathic medicine more than 4 weeks
  • 4\. Degree of pain more than 5 according to numeric rating scale

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients presenting with a cauda equina syndrome, severe paresis, severe pain
  • 2\. History of trauma, spinal injection or surgery, deformity, pregnancy, ongoing breast feeding, warfarin therapy
  • 3\. Ongoing treatment with non\-steroidal anti\-inflammatory drugs
  • 4\. Body mass index of more than 30
  • 5\. Poorly controlled psychiatric conditions with possible secondary gain or severe comorbidity.
  • 6\. Severe intraspinal pathology (large disc herniations occupying more than 50% of the spinal canal, spinal stenosis, tumours, bleeding, dural fistula, synovial cysts, or dysraphia).
  • 7\. Patients not giving consent.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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