Status:

COMPLETED

Safety and Initial Feasibility of Using the Neurolyser for Facet Related Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

FUSMobile Inc.

Collaborating Sponsors:

Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Conditions:

Facet Related Low Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Single arm pilot study to evaluate the safety and initial feasibility of the Neurolyser XR, a new portable high intensity focused ultrasound device, for noninvasive thermal ablation of medial nerve br...

Detailed Description

Study design: Prospective, single arm Timeline: six month enrollment period and 12 months follow-up period. Sites: The study will be conducted at McGill University. Study population: Ten adult pati...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult male and females, legally able and willing to participate in the study and come for follow-up visits
  • Able and willing to fill the study forms and to communicate with investigator
  • Patient with uni or bilateral lumbar facetogenic pain of \> 6 months duration
  • Patients presenting with a) a positive (\>70% pain relief) to a previous L1 to L5 lumbar medial branch block and / or b) with a positive (\>70% pain relief) to a previous lumbar facet thermal RF denervation within the last 6 months)
  • Average pain score of 4 or higher in the last month, (on a scale of 0 to 10)

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding patient
  • Patients younger than 18 or older than 80 years
  • Patients presenting with neurological deficits (including lumbosacral radiculopathy but not radicular pain).
  • History of spine surgery
  • Presence of metal hardware at the lumbosacral spine
  • Lumbar spine pathology that may increase procedural risk and / or influence symptoms and / or generate unrelated adverse event, (per the discretion of the study PI)
  • Patients unable to understand and complete the research questionnaires in English or French
  • Any severe medical condition preventing the patient from safely and effectively being treated in the study or reporting study outcome.
  • Patient with extensive scarring in the skin and tissue overlying the treatment area.
  • Patients enrolled in or planned to be enrolled in another clinical trial during the duration of this research project

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 5 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 19 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03321344

Start Date

December 5 2017

End Date

February 19 2020

Last Update

January 25 2021

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Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit - Montreal General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1A4