Effectiveness of Ultrasound Versus Fluoroscopy Guided S1 Injections and Radiofrequency
CompletedNot applicableNCT05247892
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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 investigators aim to compare the effect of ultrasound versus floroscopy guided pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of S1 in patients with a chronic lumbosacral radicular pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Ultrasound Versus Fluoroscopy Guided S1 Injections and Radiofrequency for the Management of Radicular Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Ultrasound-guided S1 Radiofrequency stimulation
- Procedure: Fluoroscopic-guided S1 Radiofrequency stimulation
- Sponsor
- Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital
- Start date
- 2022-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-10-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 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: * Persistent pain score ≥ 4 on VAS, not responding to traditional treatments * Radicular pain in lumbar region for 3 months or more, * Pattern of radiation suggestive for S1 pathology Exclusion Criteria: * Patient refusal * Coagulopathy * Uncooperative patients * Malignant disorder or currently under treatment for a malignant disorder * Pregnancy * Leg pain due to localized hip or knee pathology
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05247892