Offset Mechanisms in Evaluation of Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks
RecruitingNot applicableNCT05961800
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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)
This study examines the relationship between central nervous system (CNS) mechanisms of pain inhibition and the pain relief that occurs following a lumbar medial branch block (MBB).
Study details
- Official title
- OMEGA Study: Offset Mechanisms in Evaluation of Lumbar Medial Branch Block
- Conditions
- Pain, Chronic
- Facet Joint Pain
- Pain, Procedural
- Analgesia
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Cutaneous Probe
- Behavioral: Quantitative Sensory Testing
- Behavioral: Computer Tasks
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Start date
- 2023-07-05
- Primary completion
- 2028-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Scheduled for lumbar MBB in UPMC Pain Management clinics * Age \> 18 years old * Predominantly axial chronic low back pain at least 3 months on a daily basis * Must meet the minimum criteria for cognitive function using the PROMIS 2-item cognitive screener (\>3) * Low back pain intensity of \> 3/10 * Willing and able to receive study-related phone calls Exclusion Criteria: * History of spine surgery at the level of the lumbar MBB * Active worker's compensation or litigation claims * New pain and/or psychiatric treatments within 2 weeks of enrollment * Not fluent in English and/or not able to complete the questionnaires * Any clinically unstable systemic illness that is judged to interfere with the study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05961800