Post Epidural Steroid Injection Follow-up

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis; Lumbar Disc Herniation; Lumbago

Treatments: Behavioral: Post Epidural Steroid Injection Follow-up

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04207606

11192019110246

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the expected pain response timeline for patients receiving epidural steroid injections, our team plans to assess patient pain severity and degree of pain relief every 3 days for 23 days.

Full description

Patients who are already planning to receive an epidural steroid injection from their physiatrist will be approached by study members on the day of their injection. If enrolled, the patients will be contacted every 3 days for 23 days to determine the severity of pain and degree of pain relief from the injection.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any patient schedule for an epidural steroid injection (ESI) at Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital through the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
• The epidural steroid injection will be performed as part of standard clinical care, this study only aims to describe the clinical response to the procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• ESI has been performed within the last 6 months
• Steroid injection elsewhere in body within last 8 weeks
• Oral or intramuscular steroids within last 8 weeks
• Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
• Unable to comply with required follow up
• Please note that it is assumed that a patient scheduled for an epidural steroid injection clinically is assumed to not have any contraindications to the injection itself such as active systemic infection or pregnancy.

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Epidural Steroid Injection Patients

Description:

Patients who are to receive an epidural steroid injection as an outpatient.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Post Epidural Steroid Injection Follow-up