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Study Of Disc Anaesthesia For The Preoperative Diagnosis Of Chronic Lower Back Pain

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00443781

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Brief summary

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The primary objective of this study is to document and compare diagnostic test results and procedure safety in subjects undergoing both Functional Anaesthetic DiscographyTM (F.A.D.) and provocative discography (PD) and determine the appropriateness of the F.A.D. procedure data collection script for use in a larger clinical trial.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00443781
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Medtronic Spine LLC
Industry
Enrollment
62 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 2007 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jun 2009 (Actual)
Completion
Jun 2009 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jan 5, 2021

2007 – 2009

United States locations

U.S. sites
10
U.S. states
7
U.S. cities
10
Facility City State ZIP Site status
The Spine and Neurosurgery Center Huntsville Alabama 35801 —
Spine Source Beverly Hills California 90212 —
Pacific Spine Clinic Escondido California 92025 —
UCSD Orthopaedic Surgery San Diego California 92103 —
Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center Atlanta Georgia 30329 —
Hanover Orthopaedic Associates, Inc. Hanover Pennsylvania 17331 —
Texas Back Institute Plano Texas 75093 —
East Texas Medical Center Tyler Texas 75701 —
Evergreen Surgical Center Kirkland Washington 98034 —
Milwaukee Neurological Institute Milwaukee Wisconsin 53233 —

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