NCT01694134

Assessment of the Efficacy of an Intradiscal Injection of Corticoids in Modic I Discopathies.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The treatment of chronic low back pain is a major objective of public healthcare, because it causes an important number of sick leaves. A correlation between clinical observations and an inflammatory discopathy has been underlined, but there is currently any reference treatment. In this study, the main objective is to assess the efficacy of an intradiscal injection of corticoids versus local anaesthetic on the treatment of pain of patients with low back pain associated to a Modic I discopathy.

Detailed description

This is a randomized, controlled, single-blind with two arms (anaesthetic versus corticoids) trial.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Lumbago
• Modic I Discopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Hydrocortancyl.	Patients will receive an intradiscal injection of hydrocortancyl.
DRUG	Lidocaine

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-12
• Primary completion: 2017-03-20
• Completion: 2017-03-20
• First posted: 2012-09-26
• Last updated: 2020-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France