NCT00355914

Effectiveness of Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Blocks

A Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blind Controlled Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Blocks

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pain Management Center of Paducah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

1. To demonstrate whether: i. Facet joint nerve blocks have therapeutic value beyond the duration of local anesthetic effect. ii. Adjuvant medications (Sarapin and Depo-steroids) provide additional relief of lumbar facet joint pain when used with facet joint nerve blocks. 2. To demonstrate whether or not there are clinically significant improvements in function of patients who receive lumbar facet joint nerve block with or without Sarapin and Depo-steroids (Group II) compared to patients randomized to Group I who receive only local anesthetic blocks. 3. To determine the adverse event profile in both groups.

Detailed description

Primary Outcome Measure(s) To demonstrate a clinically significant difference between the patients treated with adjuvants and those patients randomized to Group I in the pain status, physical, and psychological status and pain at 3, 6, 12, 18and 24 months post treatment.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Block	Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Block

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-08-01
• Primary completion: 2006-07-01
• Completion: 2006-07-01
• First posted: 2006-07-25
• Last updated: 2013-11-26
• Results posted: 2013-11-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States