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 @ 3:17 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:17 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04216992
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* FBSS or SS with unilateral radiculopathy.
* History of discogenic or radicular symptoms refractory to conservative treatments and epidural steroid injection for a minimum of 6 weeks.
* The PEA was standardized to all patients receiving the procedure.
* Each patient received an epidural injection, and if the symptoms persisted or the relief was insufficient, the patient received PEA \>6-week interval between the epidural steroid injection.
* Positive provocative test during PEA was used to confirm the affected spinal level.
* All patients underwent CE before and after PEA; and 3D-RE after PEA.
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of spinal surgery and those with cauda equina syndrome
* Bleeding diathesis
* Associated somatic or psychiatric disease
* Vertebral fractures
* Pregnancy
* Tumors
* Other underlying systemic diseases that could significantly influence the procedural outcomes were excluded.
* Bilateral symptoms
* Did not react to the provocation during PEA
Sex:
ALL
Maximum Age:
20 Years
Study:
NCT04216992
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04216992