NCT05548738

Caudal Epidural Prolotherapy Versus Steroids in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

The Efficacy of Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy Guided Caudal Epidural Prolotherapy Versus Steroids for Chronic Pain Management in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Alexandria University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will be held on patients with failed back surgery syndrome, the investigators are comparing prolotherapy and steroids injections in caudal epidural space to relieve the pain

Detailed description

This study is a prospective double blinded randomized controlled study. It will be held on patients with failed back surgery syndrome aged between 20 and 70 years old, one group will receive ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided injection of prolotherapy in caudal epidural space while the other group will receive ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided injection of steroids in the caudal epidural space 40 patients will be included in each group

Conditions

• Chronic Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	medthylprednisolone	a type of steroids injected in epidural space
DRUG	prolotherapy	a type of hypertonic glucose

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-20
• Primary completion: 2023-11-30
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2022-09-21
• Last updated: 2024-11-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt