Showing patients their spine images after injections may boost satisfaction
NCT ID NCT05884684
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether doctors reviewing post-procedure X-ray images with patients after spine injections improves satisfaction. 141 adults with leg pain from pinched nerves participated. Two weeks later, patients filled out surveys about their care experience and how much they felt they had changed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple conversation with images boosts patient satisfaction after spine procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with no blinding or control group, so results may not apply broadly. Satisfaction surveys can be influenced by many factors beyond the image review.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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141 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 years and older
- 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: * Lumbosacral radiculopathy symptoms * Received transforaminal epidural steroid injection Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who will be sedated for transforaminal epidural steroid injection * Unable to read or understand English-language survey
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan - Burlington Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108, United States
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