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NCT03323775: SENS-MAP

Sensory Mapping of Lumbar Facet Joint Pain

Completed Last updated 12 July 2018
What this trial tests

trial testing Suprathreshold stimulation in Chronic Pain in 15 participants. Completed in 30 April 2018.

Timeline
10 November 2017
Primary endpoint
30 April 2018
30 April 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Aberdeen
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment15
Start date10 November 2017
Primary completion30 April 2018
Estimated completion30 April 2018
Sites1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Aberdeen

Who can join

Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with Chronic Pain or Facet Joint Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Low back pain is a major contributor to the chronic pain burden in the community. Although there are numerous pain generators in the spine, lumbar facet joints are one of the most common sources of pain. A variety of measures such as physiotherapy, oral analgesics and minimally invasive injections are used to treat lumbar facet joint pain. Facet joint steroid injections and radiofrequency denervations of the facet joint are the most commonly performed minimally invasive pain procedures for lumbar facet joint pain. Radiofrequency denervation is carried out by thermal lesioning of the medial branches that supply the facet joints. Conventionally two medial branches have been shown to innervate one facet joint and based on this, the norm is to lesion two nerves to denervate one facet joint. However, there is some variation in the nerve supply which may account for failure or false negative results of the diagnostic blocks. The aim of the present study is to explore the feasibility of sensory mapping, thereby referral pattern of the lumbar medial branches using suprathreshold stimulation and to correlate the referral patterns with painful areas in the back and leg. It will also test if the present method of lesioning two nerves to denervate one facet joint is appropriate.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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