Efficacy and cost-effectiveness analysis of oral diclofenac sodium 3 days, 7 days for conventional radiofrequency denervation in the treatment of chronic facet joint pain: double-blinded randomised controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic low back facet joints pain; Signs and Symptoms; Other joint disorders, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN68542008
• Lead Sponsor: Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (China)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

1. Both males and females, age greater than 18 years
2. Duration of facet joints pain more than 6 months
3. Oswestry disability index 20%+
4. Unresponsiveness to traditional conservative treatments such as bed rest, medication, physical therapy, trigger point injection and epidural block

Exclusion Criteria

1. Prior radiofrequency treatment
2. Coagulation disturbances
3. Allergies to local anaesthetic
4. Malignancy
5. Mental handicap or psychiatric condition precluding adequate communication, language problems
7. Unstable medical or psychiatric condition
8. Pregnancy
9. No effect of diagnostic blockades (one or two)
10. Gastrointestinal tract ulcer
11. Radicular syndrome
12. Indication for low back surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified