NCT00995371

Study of Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI) Versus Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (Mild®) in Patients With Symptomatic Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis

Comparative Study of Epidural Steroid Injection Versus Mild® (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression) Procedure in Patients Diagnosed With Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a single-center, randomized, prospective, double-blind clinical study to assess the clinical application and outcomes with MILD® devices versus epidural steroid injection in patients with symptomatic moderate to severe central canal spinal stenosis.

Conditions

• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	MILD® (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression)	Image guided minimally-invasive lumbar decompression performed with arthroscopic devices.
DRUG	Epidural Steroid Injection	An Epidural Steroid Injection is injected into the space around the spinal cord and nerve roots called epidural space.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2009-10-15
• Last updated: 2013-11-15
• Results posted: 2013-11-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States