Lumbar Transforaminal Anterior Epidural Steroid Injections in Discogenic Low Back Pain
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- days left to enroll
- 59
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- participants needed
- 40
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- sponsor
- Marmara University
Summary
Modic changes have been associated with low back pain in many clinical studies and are often considered a part of the disc degeneration process. Modic type 1 change is considered an inflammatory process. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in Modic type-1 changes.
Description
Modic changes have been associated with low back pain in many clinical studies and are often considered a part of the disc degeneration process. However, in degenerative disc disease, whether the pain could be attributed to Modic changes or not is still a matter of debate.
There are different options in the treatment of low back pain due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) and Modic changes. Conservative treatments and surgical approaches are some of them. Other interventional procedures include intradiscal and epidural steroid injections which have relatively less risk of complications than surgery.
The only study in the literature investigating the effectiveness of epidural steroid injections in patients with low back pain associated with modic changes belongs to Butterman et al. They reported that patients with Modic changes (type 1) responded better to epidural steroid injections than those without endplate irregularities. However, they did not report the details of the procedure, such as the steroid and local anesthetic they used, the amount of them and the level of the procedure. Moreover, they used different approaches including interlaminar and transforaminal, which may be misleading while interpreting the results.
Based on these results, the aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in Modic type-1 changes.
Details
| Condition | Intervertebral Disc Degeneration, Chronic Back Pain, degenerative disc disease, Lower Back Pain, lumbago, Back Pain, Low Back Pain |
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| Treatment | Dexamethasone-Lidocaine |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04930211 |
| Sponsor | Marmara University |
| Last Modified on | 5 September 2021 |
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