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c-RFA for Thoracic Back Pain

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Nagy Mekhail
Research Sponsored by The Cleveland Clinic
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Age 18 or older
Chronic thoracic spine mediated back pain of 3 months duration or longer
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from baseline in pain at 6 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is comparing two types of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to see which is more effective in treating chronic pain. RFA is a medical procedure in which heat is generated from high frequency electrical current in order to lesion (burn) nervous tissue.

Eligible Conditions
  • Thoracic Back Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from baseline in pain at 6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from baseline in pain at 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Pain Score on the visual analogue scale

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: c-RFAExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
cooled radiofrequency ablation
Group II: t-RFAActive Control1 Intervention
thermal radiofrequency ablation
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
c-RFA
2014
N/A
~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

The Cleveland ClinicLead Sponsor
1,026 Previous Clinical Trials
1,366,060 Total Patients Enrolled
Kimberly-Clark CorporationIndustry Sponsor
22 Previous Clinical Trials
2,741 Total Patients Enrolled
Nagy MekhailPrincipal InvestigatorThe Cleveland Clinic
1 Previous Clinical Trials
49 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation vs. Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation
2014. "Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation vs. Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02073292.
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