Tested nerve ablation plus brain scans for ongoing back pain
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This trial studies a procedure called radiofrequency denervation to reduce long-lasting, mostly “pain-from-joints/structures” low back pain, and it uses brain imaging to understand what changes during treatment. It may help people who already showed they respond well to a similar diagnostic nerve block.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be 18 years or older
- Have moderate to severe low back pain for at least 1 year (average pain about 4/10 or higher)
- Have pain that seems mostly nerve/signals from pain sources (not nerve pain of another primary cause)
- Your pain should be stable on your current pain medicines (no recent major changes)
- You must have had a diagnostic nerve block (MBB) that gave at least 80% pain relief for 3 hours using a small amount of anesthetic
- Be able to lie still and safely do an MRI scan, and understand the study in English
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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