Technical Efficacy of a Direction Specific Radiofrequency Device in the Performance of Lumbar Medial Branch Neurotomies
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Official title
Technical Efficacy of a Direction Specific Radiofrequency Device in the Performance of Lumbar Medial Branch Neurotomies - an MRI and EMG Confirmation Study
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to document the effectiveness of the Nimbus Multi-tined Expandable Electrode (MEE) Probe in carrying out the heating and ablation (cutting) of the small medial branch nerves that carry pain information from the facet joints. Subjects will be selected, by way of clinical evaluation and response to medial branch blocks, to undergo this procedure of radiofrequency ablation/neurotomies of the medial branches to the specific painful facet joints of the low back in order to relieve pain. This will be carried out with an FDA-approved device using a standard technique that has been accepted throughout the world. The difference in this study is that we will make use of MRIs to image the lesion that is produced and a special EMG study to look at the muscles in the back to document the effectiveness of the device in creating the intended lesion. No other study of this kind has been produced to look at this or any other radiofrequency device in the treatment of low back pain.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02120625
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 8 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 2013
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2015
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2015
- Last update posted
- Apr 27, 2017
2013 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Back Pain Specialists, LLC | Greenwood Village | Colorado | 80111 | — |
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