Clinical Effects of Gelified Ethanol Application in Cervical Disc Hernia
Unknown statusNCT02834676
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical effects of Discogel® Radiopaque Gelified Ethanol as therapeutic substance for nucleolysis application in the patients with cervical disc hernia who had chronic pain and weakness on the neck, shoulders and arms.
Study details
- Official title
- Retrospective Evaluation of Treatment of Chronic Pain Related to Cervical Disc Hernia Using Chemonucleolysis Substance
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Drug: Gelified Ethanol
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
- Start date
- 2016-06
- Primary completion
- 2017-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * continuous radicular pain radiating to the upper limb, with a duration ≥8 weeks and an intensity \>4/10 as rated by the patient on a visual analog scale (VAS) * resistant to appropriate conservative treatment combining anti-inflammatory drugs and ozone-oxygen therapy, and confirmed by imaging with CT or MRI of a herniated disc putting pressure on a nerve root consistent with the clinical pain. Exclusion Criteria: * history of surgery at the cervical spine, contraindication to percutaneous chemonucleolysis (coagulopathy or infection), imaging results that did not support the clinical results, the presence of a herniated disc excluded or calcified on imaging, possible interference with pain evaluation due to any medical condition or treatment, involvement of incomplete data collection
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02834676