A Trial of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of Medial Branch Nerves for theTreatment of Lumbar Facet Syndrome
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Official title
A Prospective Trial of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of Medial Branch Nerves for the Treatment of Lumbar Facet Syndrome
Brief summary
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This study is being done to determine whether cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) on the medial branch nerves of the lumbar facet joint is effective for the treatment of low back pain. CRFA blocks the nerves that carry pain signals from joints in the lower back such that the brain does not receive the message that the low back is in pain. This technique is commonly performed by burning these nerves rather freezing them, but it is suspected that freezing them results in better pain relief. The CRFA blocks has been shown to effectively treat sacroiliac joint pain (a joint in the pelvis), which is another reason that it is suspected that CRFA will be effective when treating pain related to facet joints in the low back. We are performing this study in order to determine if that is the case.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02478437
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 48 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Conventional radiofrequency ablation (RFA) Procedure
- Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation (CRFA) Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 79 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
- May 31, 2015
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2018
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2018
- Last update posted
- Sep 5, 2018
2015 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology Pain Managment Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
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