Low Back Pain Clinical Trial
Official title:
Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Epidural Steroid Injections for Spinal Stenosis in Persons 50 and Older
The broad, long-term objective of this research protocol is to improve the quality of life for patients suffering from lumbar spinal stenosis. This objective will be met by examining the safety and clinical efficacy of epidural steroid injections for treatment of pain associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. This prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial (RCT) will test the hypothesis that the effectiveness of epidural steroid injections (ESI) plus local anesthetic (LA) is greater than epidural injections of LA alone in older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common causes of low back pain in the elderly and
can lead to significant disability. The symptoms of spinal stenosis range from low back pain
to neurogenic claudication with lower extremity pain, weakness and/or sensory changes related
to activities. As spinal stenosis can affect the central canal as well as the lateral
recesses and intervertebral foramen variably, symptoms can involve single or multiple
myotomes and dermatomes. Since the causes of spinal stenosis are most frequently degenerative
changes, the symptoms of spinal stenosis often, but not always, worsen over time. Despite the
prevalence of spinal stenosis, treatment of spinal stenosis remains somewhat controversial.
Common treatments include conservative measures such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
(NSAIDS), activity modification and physical therapy as well as more invasive treatments such
as epidural steroid injections and surgery. Although surgery has been demonstrated to provide
some benefit to many individuals with spinal stenosis, ESI are being used with increasing
frequency as a less invasive, potentially more cost effective and safer treatment for spinal
stenosis. However, there is a lack of data to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of
epidural steroid injections for spinal stenosis, particularly in the older adults.
Because of the compelling need for effective therapy for patients suffering from spinal
stenosis and because epidural steroid injections are rapidly becoming standard of care for
treating these patients - even in the absence of compelling clinical evidence - we are
conducting a randomized, controlled trial in order to test the hypothesis that lumbar
epidural steroid injections improve functional status and pain associated with spinal
stenosis. The main objective of the study is to conduct a blinded, randomized controlled
trial (RCT) in elderly patients with spinal stenosis to test if the effectiveness of epidural
steroid injections (ESI) plus local anesthetic (LA) is greater than LA alone.
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