Steroids Versus Gabapentin
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Official title
Randomized, Double-blind, Comparative-effectiveness Study Comparing Epidural Steroid Injections to Gabapentin in Patients With Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether pharmacotherapy or epidural steroid injections are a better treatment for lumbosacral radicular pain. 142 patients referred to a participating pain clinic with lumbosacral radiculopathy will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive one of two treatments. Half (n=71) of the patients will be allocated to receive an epidural steroid injection (ESI; group I), with an equal number allocated to receive gabapentin (group II). Patients \& evaluating physicians will be blinded. Follow-up will be through 3-months after treatment.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01495923
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 145 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- epidural steroid injection Procedure
- Sham epidural steroid injection Procedure
- Gabapentin Drug
- Placebo gabapentin Drug
Procedure · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 17 Years to 100 Years
- 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
- Nov 30, 2011
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2014
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2014
- Last update posted
- Apr 10, 2017
2011 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval Hospital-San Diego | San Diego | California | 92134 | — |
| Johns Hopkins | Baltimore | Maryland | 21205 | — |
| Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | Bethesda | Maryland | 20889 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 10, 2017 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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