Status:
COMPLETED
The Role of Intra-articular Injection of PRP Versus Corticosteriods in Treatment of Lumbar Facet Disease
Lead Sponsor:
Ain Shams University
Conditions:
Lumbar Facet Joint Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-40 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Low back pain is an extremely common health problem and recent studies have shown that nearly up to 52% of patients have low back pain caused by lumbar facet joint syndrome. Intra-articular injection ...
Detailed Description
The study is conducted upon Thirty patients who present to Ain Shams University hospitals outpatient clinic complaining of chronic low back pain diagnosed to have potential lumbar facet joint syndrome...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- • Continuous or intermittent gradually progressive back pain for more than 3 months not significantly improving on medical treatment and/or physical modalities.
- Patients age between 20 and 40 years.
- Local / paraspinal pain or tenderness with or without radiation to buttock , groin or thigh.
- Increase of pain on extension , rotation or lateral bending .
- MRI detected synovitis of the facet joint as defined and graded by Czervionke and Fenton, 2008.
Exclusion
- • Acute low back trauma, fractures, malignancies and inflammatory diseases.
- Pain score of \< 4 at rest on visual analog scale.
- Radicular neurologic complaints.
- X-ray findings of long standing facet joint disease as; marked joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis or bone deformity/ sponylolithesis.
- Evident disc herniation by MRI.
- Prior surgery on the spine.
- Prior interventional treatment on lumbar facet joints
- Known hypersenstivity to local anesthesia, corticosteroid, contrast medium or blood derivatives.
- Local or systemic infection or spinal infection.
- Uncorrectable coagulopathy
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 17 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 22 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04860531
Start Date
September 17 2019
End Date
January 22 2021
Last Update
May 4 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Ain Shams University hospitals
Cairo, Egypt