Does Low-does Cervical Epidural Lidocaine Cause Transient Weakness?

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2020-08-19
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

"Does low-does cervical epidural lidocaine cause transient weakness?"

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18-80.

2. Clinical diagnosis of cervical radicular pain.

3. Magnetic resonance imaging pathology consistent with clinical symptoms/signs.

4. Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) pain score of 4 or higher.

5. Pain duration of more than 6 weeks despite trial of conservative therapy (medications, physical therapy, or chiropractic care).

6. Patients who will undergo CESI for treatment of cervical radiculitis.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Refusal to participate, provide consent, or provide communication and follow-up information for duration of the study.

2. Inability to perform handgrip or arm strength testing.

3. Contraindications to Cervical ESI (active infection, bleeding disorders, current anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication use, allergy to medications used for CIESI, and pregnancy).

4. Current glucocorticoid use or ESI within past 6 months.

5. Prior cervical spine surgery.

6. Cervical spinal cord lesions; cerebrovascular, demyelinating, or other neuro-muscular muscular disease.

7. Patient request for or requirement of conscious sedation for the injection procedure.