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Effect of homoeopathic medicine on relieving back pain

Repertorial approach of pain management of lumbosacral radiculopathy in adults with individualized homoeopathic medicines: Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/03/050200
Enrollment
81
Registered
2023-03-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-03-06

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: G541- Lumbosacral plexus disorders

Interventions

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Sponsors

D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients suffering from lumbosacral radiculopathy for 1 months or more and who shows positive SLR test/ Lasegue test and positive bowstring test and positive braggard test. 2. Age between 18 and 65 years. 3. Patients of either sex. 4. Literate patients; ability to read English , Hindi and Bengali as well as illiterate patient will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the scales or questionnaires. 5. Providing written informed consent voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient with history of previous spinal surgery that caused a sensory nerve dysfunction. 2. Participation in a clinical trial within the last 3 months. 3. Autoimmune disorder that impacts the musculoskeletal system (i.e., lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis). 4. Pagetâ??s disease, osteomalacia, or any other metabolic bone or skin disease that influences sensory nerve function. 5. Patients suffering from disc prolapse, psoriatic arthritis and gout, cases willing for or requiring immediate surgical intervention or already underwent any major spinal or hip surgery in last 6 months. 6. Patients who are undergoing treatment with NSAIDs during 6 weeks prior to enrolment in the study. 7. Patients who have known case of any degenerative muscular or neurological condition which can modify the outcome measure (e.g., Parkinsonâ??s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, different myelopathy, muscular dystrophy &c.) 8. Spinal corticosteroid injection within last 6 months. 9. Patients suffering from active or chronic, systemic or local infection or disease. 10. When the radicular pain is due to any invasive malignant disease / neoplasia. 11. Vulnerable population - Unconscious, non-ambulatory, too sick for consultation, differently abled, terminally ill or critically ill patients, institutionalized subjects, mentally incompetent people. 12. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life- threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure. 13. Pregnancy, puerperium, lactation 14. Patient under tobacco chewing and/or smoking, alcoholism and/or any other form(s) of substance abuse and/or dependence. 15. Self-reported immune-compromised state AIDS, Hepatitis &c. 16. Already undergoing homoeopathic treatment for chronic disease within last 3 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain Detect Questionnaire (PDQ)Timepoint: Every month, up to 3 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Oswestry disability index (ODI)Timepoint: Every month, up to 3 months;Short Form McGill Pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ)Timepoint: Every month, up to 3 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSk Monsur Alam

D N De Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital

drmonsur1982@gmail.com8240152722

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026