DRG radiofrequency ablation versus paravertebral thoracic nerve RF ablation

Thoracic rhizotomy versus thoracic paravertebral nerve radiofrequency ablation in thoracic cancer somatic pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201511001257724

Enrollment

Registered

2015-09-08

Start date

2014-09-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Cancer cancer

Interventions

RF DRG

RFof thoracic paravertebral nerve

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: age 18 years to 60 years duration of pain was more than 3 months visual analogue scale (VAS) was more than 5 on 0-10 scale despite medical treatment or intolerability to medical treatment .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: interspinal extension of the tumor patient refusal lack of understanding by the patient of the purpose of the study coagulopathy local infection Intraoperative exclusion criteria were failure either to localize or to get the anterior epidural space or the paravertebral space by image guidance and dye confirmation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
more than 50% reduction in the narcotic requirement after intervention at two assessment intervals 6 hours after the procedure and four weeks later.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
patient activity	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactAhmed Mahmoud

carnitin7@yahoo.com+201113308866

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026