The purpose of this study is to determine whether pharmacotherapy or epidural steroid
injections are a better treatment for lumbosacral radicular pain.
142 patients referred to a participating pain clinic with lumbosacral radiculopathy will be
randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive one of two treatments. Half (n=71) of the patients will
be allocated to receive an epidural steroid injection (ESI; group I), with an equal number
allocated to receive gabapentin (group II). Patients & evaluating physicians will be blinded.
Follow-up will be through 3-months after treatment.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborators:
Brooke Army Medical Center Case Western Reserve University DC VA Hospital Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Milton S. Hershey Medical Center United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center