Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain/Sciatic Lumbar Pain

Efficacy Study of Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections in Patients With Low Back Pain/Radiculopathy

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01407913

Acronym

FIA1

Enrollment

Registered

2011-08-02

Start date

2010-10-31

Completion date

2014-06-30

Last updated

2015-05-27

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Conditions

Pain, Disability

Brief summary

The study hypothesis is that caudal epidural steroid injections provides short term relief to patients with persistent low back pain and sciatica due degenerative disc disease or lumbar spinal stenosis. Patients will be evaluated wiht clinical examination and radiological examinations before injections. They will be followed up with questionnaires on pain and disability up to 6 months postinjection.

Interventions

PROCEDUREcaudal epidural steroid injection

injecting steroids in the epidural space via caudal route

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* low back pain and sciatica due to lumbar disc herniation or lumbar spinals stenosis

Exclusion criteria

* infection, cancer, allergy to steroids or anesthetic, non controlled diabetes or hypertension, clotting disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
change from preinjection of oswestry disability index at 15 days and at 3-6 months postinjection	pre injection to 3-6 months postinjection
change from preinjection of Visual Analogue Scale at 15 days and at 3-6 months postinjection	preinjection to 3-6 months postinjection

Countries

Greece

Outcome results

None listed

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