Intraarticular Lumbar Joint Corticosteroid Injection(s) as a Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain in a Selected Population
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Subjects (N=120) who have had non-radicular low back pain, believed by clinical assessment
and imaging to be consistent with lumbar zygapophysial joint (Z-joint) generated pain, who
have failed conservative therapy including physical therapy, have had an initial >80% pain
relief on a diagnostic medial branch block, and are scheduled to undergo a routine second
medial branch block for facet mediated pain will be randomized. Both groups will receive the
standard of care, a medial branch block. The treatment group will also receive one set of
intra-articular lumbar Z-joint corticosteroid injection and the placebo group will receive
intra-articular normal saline.