Retrospective Evaluation of ASIPP Guidelines Implementation

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Implementation of American Society of Interventional Pain Physician Guidelines for Interventional Techniques: A Retrospective Evaluation

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00372164

Enrollment

Registered

2006-09-06

Start date

1998-01-31

Completion date

2005-07-31

Last updated

2015-10-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Guideline Implementation

Keywords

ASIPP, Guidelines

Brief summary

To demonstrate clinically significant improvements in the patients treated following ASIPP guidelines compared to the patients who were treated prior to the establishment of ASIPP guidelines.

Detailed description

We have performed one study in the past showing that the implementation of guidelines improved outcomes by reducing the number of procedures and also the cost. However,, no large scale study has been performed thus far.

Interventions

PROCEDUREAmerican Society of Interventional Pain Physician Guidelines

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Evaluate all patients undergoing the following interventional techniques during 1999 and 2000 compared to patients undergoing interventional techniques during 2004 and 2005 * Cervical facet joint nerve blocks * Thoracic facet joint nerve blocks * Lumbar facet joint nerve blocks * Lumbar interlaminar epidural steroid injections * Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injections

Exclusion criteria

Non-availability of appropriate data

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026