Do Oral Steroid Dose Packs Predict How Well Epidural Steroid Injections Will Work?

Lumbar Spine Disc Herniation Clinical Trial

Official title:
Oral Steroid Dose Pack Used As A Predictor For The Effectiveness Of Epidural Steroid Injections

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this observational study is to show whether a standard oral steroid dose pack can be used as a screening tool to assess the effectiveness of a subsequent epidural steroid injection (ESI). If an oral steroid does not give a patient significant temporary relief of pain from a herniated lumbar disc then an epidural steroid injection will not either. Therefore the risk and expense associated from the interventional pain management procedure for those patients could be avoided and other treatment modalities pursued.

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02026726
Study type	Observational
Source	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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Status	Terminated
Phase
Start date	November 2011
Completion date	August 21, 2020

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