Disc Puncture Does Not Accelerate Degenerative Changes in Lumbar Discs of Patients With Discogenic Pain
CompletedNCT07567404
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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)
Procedures 10 years ago performed included intradiscal nucleoplasty (ACUTHERM) and intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET). At follow up MRI scans evaluated by two blinded specialists for disc degeneration were carried out. Intra- and interrater variability were accounted for. Baseline and 10-year post-procedure clinical parameters were compared.
Study details
- Official title
- Disc Puncture Does Not Accelerate Degenerative Changes in Lumbar Discs of Patients With Discogenic Pain: a Ten-Year Retrospective Observational Clinical Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Intradiscal electrothermal Therapy
- Sponsor
- SRH Gesundheitszentrum Bad Herrenalb
- Start date
- 2022-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2024-04-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients eligible for early intradiscal procedures included those with low back pain (NRS \> 5) caused by discogenic pain due to disc degeneration or radicular pain due to disc protrusion and subsequent nerve root compression. All patients were required to have been resistant to conservative therapy. Diagnoses were based on patient history, physical examination, imaging studies, and, in some cases, provocative discography if discogenic pain could not otherwise be clearly identified. Exclusion Criteria: * • Perioperative complications. * Post-interventional lumbar spine surgery in the region to be examined. * Contraindications for a repeated MRI. * Metastases or infection of the spine since surgery. * Spinal canal stenosis. * A diagnosis of anxiety disorder, depression, or somatoform disorder since surgery, based on their medical history.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07567404