Treatment of Recent Onset Low Back Pain With Periradicular Injections of Meloxicam

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This randomized, double-blind, placebo control, cross-over study tested the hypothesis that periradicular injections of Meloxicam would reduce recent onset low back pain and improve physical activity compared to saline injection at 3 months follow-up evaluation

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
• Treatments: Meloxicam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• low back pain from 6 months or less

• older than 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• not able to understand and sign the written informed consent