Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment in Lumbar Facet-Related Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06157294
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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)
Facet joint-related pain is one of the leading causes of low back pain. Facet joint-related disorders can have a negative impact on quality of life and daily living activities, in addition to the pain.Conservative treatment methods such as analgesic medications, physical therapy, and manual therapy are used for facet joint-related low back pain, and interventional pain management practices are used in patients who do not respond adequately to these treatments. Pulse radiofrequency application, which is a recent popular treatment in interventional pain management, is also frequently applied in the treatment of facet-joint related pain. Pulsed radiofrequency intervention can be applied directly intra-articularly or can be applied to the median branch, which is important structure in pain transmission. Although both methods are frequently used in pain management, there is a lack of information in the literature about which is more effective. This study aimed to compare the treatment results of intraarticular pulse radiofrequency application and median branch pulse radiofrequency application in facet joint-related low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of the Treatment Outcomes of the Facet Intra-articular Pulsed Radiofrequency and Median Branch Pulsed Radiofrequency Interventions in Lumbar Facet-related Pain
- Interventions
- Procedure: Intra-articular pulsed radiofrequency
- Procedure: Median branch pulsed radiofrequency
- Sponsor
- Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
- Start date
- 2021-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-01-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 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: * Having facet joint-related low back pain at least 3 months * No response to other conservative treatments (analgesic medications, physical therapy, manuel therapy etc.) * Patients with a pain severity score of at least 6 according to NRS Exclusion Criteria: * History of lumbar region surgery * Patients with bleeding disorders * Presence of pregnancy and breastfeeding status * Presence of the infection related findings and any other systemic disorder * History of allergic reaction to contrast agent * Patients who do not have sufficient mental function to fill out the scales during the follow-up periods
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06157294