Pulsed Radiofrequency in Chronic Lumbosacral Radicular Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05713032
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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)
To evaluate the efficacy of usage of High-voltage pulsed radiofrequency on DRG in comparison to standard-voltage pulsed radiofrequency intervention in patients with chronic lumbosacral radicular pain
Study details
- Official title
- High-voltage Fluoroscopic Guided Pulsed Radiofrequency in Comparison With Standard-voltage Pulsed Radiofrequency on Dorsal Root Ganglion in Chronic Lumbosacral Radicular Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Pulsed radiofrequency on lumbar dorsal root ganglion
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
- Start date
- 2023-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-01-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. More than 18 years old 2. Radiating Leg pain (with or without low back pain) 3. Unresponsiveness or partial response to oral medications, physical therapy 4. Confirmed by clinical examination and lasting for \> 6 months with preoperative Numeric Rating Scales (NRS) score more than 4 5. Clinical presentation confirmed by Magnetic resonance imaging showing neural compression. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Blood coagulopathies 2. Infection at the site of puncture, 3. History of mental disorder 4. History of drug abuse 5. MRI not consistent with clinical symptoms 6. Radiculopathies with significant motor deficits requiring urgent surgery (e.g., Cauda Equina syndrome). 7. Patients affected by central neurological impairment or peripheral distal neuropathies in the lower limbs.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05713032