Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:49 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:49 PM
NCT ID:
NCT07256132
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* This study was conducted on 40 adult patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine and admitted to the Neurosurgery Department at Alexandria Main University Hospital aged between 30 and 65 years old with Visual analog scale more than or equal to 4 not responding to conservative treatment, patients having grade 0, 1 or 2 lumbar disc degeneration without disc bulge or prolapse by X-ray and MRI with loss or decreased lumbar lordosis, patients with black disc and contained disc bulge on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and patients with grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis provided that the canal dimensions are normal or with mild stenosis
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with severe sciatic pain, patients with more than two levels of DDD of the lumbar region or with isthmic spondylolisthesis and high-grade instability, or patients with disc fragments encroaching upon the exit foramina and nerve root or with severe canal stenosis, also those with central obesity, recurrent disc prolapse or with previous abdominal surgery were excluded from the study. Steroid injection was avoided in patients with immunosuppression or uncontrolled diabetes.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
30 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT07256132
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT07256132