A Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blind Controlled Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Caudal Epidural Injections in Lumbar Disc Herniations, Spinal Stenosis, Discogenic Pain, and Post-Lumbar Laminectomy Syndrome

NCT00370799 EARLY_PHASE1 COMPLETED

To demonstrate clinically significant improvements or lack thereof in the caudal epidural patients with our without steroids. To evaluate differences in outcomes in patients receiving steroids compared to those patients randomized to the local anesthetic group who did not receive steroids. To assess improvements among patients and compare steroid groups with each other and local anesthetic group. To evaluate and compare the adverse event profile in all patients

Details

Lead sponsor	Pain Management Center of Paducah
Phase	EARLY_PHASE1
Status	COMPLETED
Enrolment	240
Start date	2007-01
Completion	2010-03

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

• Caudal epidural injection
• Caudal Epidural Injection with generic Celestone
• Caudal Epidural Injection with Celestone
• Caudal Epidural Injection with DepoMedrol

Primary outcomes

• To evaluate for differences between the patients in various groups in the physical function and pain at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months post treatment — 1,3,6,12 months

Countries

United States