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 @ 11:52 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:52 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02329951
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age \> 18 years;
2. Pain duration \> 6 weeks;
3. Low back pain presumed to be secondary to herniated disc or spinal stenosis (e.g. radiculopathy), facet joint pain or SI joint pain;
4. For ESI, patients must have leg pain \>/= 4/10 or comparable or greater than back pain, along with concordant MRI findings; for SI joint injections, patients must have tenderness overlying the SI joint; for facet joint pain, they must have paraspinal tenderness;
5. Patient agrees to have ESI, facet blocks or SI joint injection for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes;
6. Average pain score \>/= 4/10 over the past week
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Previous ESI, facet blocks or SI joint injection within the past 2 years;
2. Active inflammatory spondyloarthropathy (e.g. ankylosing spondylitis);
3. Previous surgery for ESI or facet block;
4. Untreated coagulopathy;
5. Allergy to contrast dye, bupivacaine or depomethylprednisolone;
6. Pregnancy;
7. Cannot read or understand English.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02329951
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02329951