RecruitingNot Applicable

Precision Treatment of Lumbar Spine Surgery Through Advanced Nerve Root Blockade

Denmark180 participantsStarted 2023-11-09

Plain-language summary

The overall purpose of the study is to investigate whether selective spinal nerve root blocks can improve diagnostics of radiculopathy due to lumbar disc herniation (LDH), foraminal stenosis (FS), and recess stenosis (RS), and hence identify the patients that will benefit from surgical intervention.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>18 years old * Suspected lumbar radiculopathy persistent ≥ 8 weeks * Radiological evidence of lumbar nerve root compression (herniated disc, recess stenosis, foraminal stenosis) Exclusion Criteria: * Prior lumbar spine surgery * Mental illness * Language barrier in Danish * Severe physical co-morbidity * Known allergies to medicine used in the study * Pregnant * Plans to move abroad during the next 12-months

What they're measuring

Minimum clinically important difference (MCID)

Timeframe: 3 months after surgery/decision not to operate

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06143813

SponsorUniversity of Aarhus

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-11-01

Contact for this trial

David Kocemba, MD

+45 23882198 davkoc@rm.dk

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