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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04808336
Other study ID # 19719NEUS6
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date March 26, 2019
Est. completion date May 26, 2020

Study information

Verified date March 2021
Source Menoufia University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Spondylolisthesis is a serious health condition that is often treated with surgery or pain-relieving lumbar epidural steroids. Patients with persistent and debilitating symptoms who have failed to respond to conservative treatment should consider surgery. Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of three ultrasound guided PRP injections of the facet joint capsule to surgical procedures in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis G1 and their effect on neurogenic pain relief and functional improvement over a one-year follow-up period. Methods: A one-year prospective randomised comparative clinical trial was performed on 60 patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis G1 who were randomly assigned to one of two groups: Group 1: thirty patients were injected in the facet joint capsule with a series of three ultrasound-guided PRP injections at four-week intervals, and Group 2: thirty patients underwent surgery. They were exposed to clinical neuropsychological testing.They were assessed for pain and function using clinical neurological assessments, VAS (Visual Analogue Scale), FRI (Functional Rating Index), Roland Morris, and ODI.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 60
Est. completion date May 26, 2020
Est. primary completion date May 2, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 50 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients with degenerative spondylolithesis Grade 1 were diagnosed based on their clinical and radiological image. - Patients complained of extreme pain and received medical treatment (NSAIDS) without improvement. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with more than two-level pathological lesions and those who had previously - Patients undergone lumbar surgery, - HCV, HBV infected patients, - patients with local abscesses, - diabetes mellitus, - malignancy, pregnancy, - blood disorders (coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia), - patients who had previously received local injection of steroid within past 3 weeks - Patients who had undergone lumbar surgery, - patients with advanced spondylolithesis, disc prolapse, - inflammatory or musculoskeletal disorders of the spine.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
PRP injection.
Group 1: thirty patients were injected in the facet joint capsule with a series of three ultrasound-guided PRP injections at four-week intervals,
Procedure:
fixation surgical procedure
Group 2: thirty patients underwent surgery

Locations

Country Name City State
Egypt Dalia Saif Shebien Elkom

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Menoufia University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary 1-Visual analogue scale. , VAS Visual analogue scale: According to the VAS, the pain severity was calculated by the patients on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (agonising pain) 12 months
Primary 2-The Persian Functional Rating Index (FRI ) The Persian Functional Rating Index (FRI ), which is an accurate and valid instrument that contains 10 items that measure both pain and function, with an impairment score ranging from 0% (no disability) to 100% (severe disability) 2- The Persian Functional Rating Index (FRI ), which is an accurate and valid instrument that contains 10 items that measure both pain and function, with an impairment score ranging from 0% (no disability) to 100% (severe disability) 12 months
Secondary Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) for low back pain Assessment of pain-related disability using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) for low back pain, which categorises disability as minimal (0-20), mild (20-40), extreme (40-60), ODI of 60-80 suggests that the patient is crippled, and ODI of 80-100 implies that the patient is either bed-ridden or exaggerating his or her complaints 12 months
Secondary The Roland-Morris questionnaire The Roland-Morris questionnaire is a 24-item self-report checklist that assesses the extent at which low-back pain affects daily activities. Since each question is implies one point, scores will range from 0 (no disability) to 24 (severe disability) 12 months