Ultrasound-Guided back block study pulled before starting
NCT ID NCT00909272
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study was designed to see if doctors could use an ultrasound machine to guide a diagnostic nerve block for low back pain. The procedure involves injecting numbing medicine near the small joints in the spine. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Started
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Jul 2014
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2015
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
Primary care pain clinic
- Ages
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18 to 65 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: * Low back and/or leg pain due to possible lumbar facet joint disease Exclusion Criteria: * patient with BMI\>35 * coagulopathy * allergy to local anesthetic and ultrasound gel * patient unable to fill out post procedure pain diary
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hamilton Health Sciences-General Location
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada
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