Cooled RFA vs Conventional RFA to Manage Chronic Facetogenic Low Back Pain
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Official title
A Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized, Single-Blind Clinical Trial Comparing COOLIEF* Cooled Radiofrequency to Conventional Radiofrequency Ablation of the Medial Branch Nerves in the Management of Chronic Facetogenic Low Back Pain
Brief summary
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This study is being conducted to assess the relative effectiveness of radiofrequency neurotomy in subjects with chronic axial low back pain originating in the lumbar facet joints using the COOLIEF\* Cooled Radiofrequency Probe as compared to the same procedure conducted using a Standard Radiofrequency Probe.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04803149
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 79 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
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
- Feb 23, 2021 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Jan 2023 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Jul 2023 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Jun 30, 2022
2021 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 10
- U.S. states
- 8
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Spine & Pain Performance Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20006 | — |
| Millennium Pain Center | Bloomington | Illinois | 61704 | — |
| Ochsner Baptist Medical Center | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70115 | — |
| Premier Pain Centers | Shrewsbury | New Jersey | 07702 | — |
| The Center for Clinical Research | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27103 | — |
| University Orthopedics Center | Altoona | Pennsylvania | 16602 | — |
| Pain Diagnostics and Interventional Care | Sewickley | Pennsylvania | 15143 | — |
| University Orthopedics Center | State College | Pennsylvania | 16801 | — |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84108 | — |
| The Spine and Nerve Centers of St. Francis Hosptial | Charleston | West Virginia | 25301 | — |
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04803149, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 30, 2022 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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