Trial Assessing Cooled Radiofrequency Denervation as a Treatment for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Using the Sinergy System

NCT ID: NCT00802997

Last Updated: 2014-01-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-06-30

Study Completion Date

2011-08-31

Brief Summary

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to evaluate the effectiveness of cooled radiotherapy denervation of the sacroiliac region using the sinergy system by comparing a treatment group to a placebo group

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Other Acute Pain Chronic Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Treatment with Sinergy system

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sinergy

Intervention Type DEVICE

radiofrequency denervation

2

placebo controlled

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo sham

Intervention Type DEVICE

sham procedure

Interventions

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Sinergy

radiofrequency denervation

Intervention Type DEVICE

Placebo sham

sham procedure

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Predominantly axial pain below L5 vertebrae
* greater than 75%pain relief from 2 seperate lateral branch blocks done on different days
* chronic axial pain lasting longer than 6 months, 3 day average VAS between 4 and 8
* age greater than 18
* failed to acheive adequate improvemnet with comprehensive non-operative treatments, includingbut not limited to: activity alteration, non0steriodal anti-iflammatory, physical and/or manual therap, and flurpscopically guided steriod injections in and around the area of pathology
* all other possible sources oflow back pain have been ruled out, including but not limited to the intervertebral discs, bone fracture.

Exclusion Criteria

* Beck Depression greater than 20%
* irreversible psychological barriers to recovery
* spinal pathology that may impede recovery such as spins bifida occulta,
* moderate to severe foraminal or central canal stenosis
* systemic infection or localized infection at inducer site
* concomitant cervical or thoracic pain greater than 2/10 on VAS
* uncontrolled or acute disease
* chronic severe condition such as rheumatoid arthritis
* preganancy
* active radicular pain
* immunosuppression
* workers compensation
* allergy to injectants or medications used in procedure
* high narcotis use greater than 30 mg hydrocodone or equivalent
* smokers
* body mass index greater than 29.9
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Baylis Medical Company

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nileshkumar Patel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Locations

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Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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SInergy

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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