Diffusion Tensor (DTI) for the Assessement of Therapeutic Evolution of Patients With Acute Lumbar Radiculalgia (DiTi-Aïe)

Lille Catholic University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Lumbar Radiculopathy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Treatments

Other: DTI sequence acquisition

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04507113

RC-P0074

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a non-invasive MRI technique offering a functional approach that provides morphological information about the microstructures of the nerve roots. DTI is a widely used neuroimaging technique and is a current topic of research in the field of peripheral nerve imaging.The aim of the study is to determine the prognostic quality of the DTI parameters to predict the therapeutic evolution of patients with lumbar radiculalgia at 6 months.

Enrollment

150 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age ≥ 18 ans
Patient with Lumbar Radiculalgia (L4, L5 or S1)
Pain VAS (Visual analog scale) > 30/100
Less than 3 months of evolution
With a radiculalgia superior or equal to lumbalgia
Disco radicular conflict, verified by MRI
Able to receive information
Affiliated to French social security

Exclusion criteria

History of chronic lumbalgia and radiculalgia
History of lumbar surgery
Recent episode (less than 6 months) with the same radicular topography
Bilateral radicular compression on MRI
Patient requiring emergency surgery
Evolutive disease interfering with pain assesment (neoplasia, inflammatory rheumatism, peripheral neuropathy, central neurological disease)
MRI contraindication