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Trial Comparing Treatment With SInergy™ System to Conservative Treatment for Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain (SI-RCT-Ross)

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Baylis Medical

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Treatments

Other: Conservative Treatment
Device: Treatment with SInergy™ System

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01158092
BMC-SI-CIP-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of cooled radiofrequency denervation of the sacroiliac region using the SInergy System compared to conservative treatment in the treatment of sacroiliac joint pain.

Enrollment

5 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Predominantly axial pain below the L5 vertebrae
  • >75% pain relief from 2 separate lateral branch blocks done on different days (followed by return to baseline pain)
  • Chronic axial pain lasting for longer than six months: 3 day average VAS between 4 and 8.
  • Age greater than 18 years.
  • Failed to achieve adequate improvement with comprehensive non-operative treatments, including but not limited to: activity alteration, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, physical and/or manual therapy, and fluoroscopically guided steroid injections in and around the area of pathology.
  • All other possible sources of low back pain have been ruled out, including but not limited to: the intervertebral discs, bone fracture, the zygapophyseal joints, the hip joint, symptomatic spondylolisthesis, tumor and other regional soft tissue structures (this is done by physical exam, medical history, and MRI/CT/X-ray as required)

Exclusion criteria

  • Beck Depression Score >20 or irreversible psychological barriers to recovery
  • Spinal pathology that may impede recovery such as spina bifida occulta, spondylolisthesis at L5/S1, or scoliosis.
  • Moderate or severe foraminal or central canal stenosis
  • Systemic infection or localized infection at anticipated introducer entry site.
  • Concomitant cervical or thoracic pain greater than 2/10 on a VAS
  • Uncontrolled or acute illness
  • Chronic severe conditions such as rheumatoid/inflammatory arthritis
  • Pregnancy
  • Active radicular pain
  • Immunosuppression (eg. AIDS, cancer, diabetes, surgery <3 months ago)
  • Worker's compensation, injury litigation, or disability remuneration
  • Allergy to injectants or medications used in procedure
  • High narcotics use (>30 mg hydrocodone or equivalent)
  • Patients who smoke. Termination for at least 6 months and no smoking during follow up period are acceptable with caution.
  • Body Mass Index greater than 29.9 (obese).
  • Subject unwilling to consent to the study

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

5 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment with SInergy™ System
Active Comparator group
Description:
Lateral branch denervation using the SInergy™ System
Treatment:
Device: Treatment with SInergy™ System
Conservative Treatment
Active Comparator group
Description:
Treatment with physical therapy, chiropractic care, and medication
Treatment:
Other: Conservative Treatment

Trial contacts and locations

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