Sugar water shots could ease stubborn tailbone pain
NCT ID NCT07564167
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether injecting a sugar-water solution (dextrose prolotherapy) into the tailbone area can reduce pain and improve daily function in people with long-lasting coccydynia (tailbone pain). Thirty adults aged 18 to 75 with pain lasting at least 3 months will receive the injections under ultrasound guidance. Researchers will measure pain levels and functional status before treatment and one month after the final injection.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dextrose prolotherapy (sugar water injections)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, safe injection option for people with stubborn tailbone pain who haven't gotten relief from other treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 30 people and no comparison group, so results may not be reliable or apply to everyone. The pain relief may be temporary or no better than placebo.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 75 years * Pain persisting for ≥3 months and refractory to conservative treatment * Coccydynia of mechanical or idiopathic origin Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 years or \>75 years * Pregnancy * Allergy to the proliferant solution * Active infection * Use of anticoagulant medications * Presence of malignancy * Local abscess * Hemorrhagic diathesis * Certain types of septic arthritis * Parafunctional habits
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital
RECRUITINGIstanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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