Implication of Two Doses of O2-O3 Upon the Pain Alleviation in Patients With Low Back Pain

February 5, 2017 updated by: Emad Zarief , MD, Assiut University

Implication of Two Different Doses of Intradiscal O2-O3 Injection Upon the Pain Alleviation in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Single-blind Study

Low back pain is very common problem, variable modalities have been introduced to control such problem. One of the emerging modalities is the ozone - oxygen (O2-O3 ) mixture that could reduce the herniation disk size and inflammation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Intervertebral disc herniation is the most common problem which induces low back pain LBP. The number of patients seek surgical and or alternative therapy increases. The rate of re-operation is between 7-9% at 2 years and increases up to 10-25% at ten years postoperative.

Epidural injections with local anesthetics and steroids are one of the most commonly used interventions in managing chronic low back pain and lower extremity pain of various causes. However, despite their extensive use, debate continues on this medications effectiveness due to the lack of well-designed, randomized, controlled studies to determine the effectiveness of epidural injections in general, and caudal epidural injections in particular.

Ozone in mixture with oxygen has been justified in multiple studies have been done, this study aims to evaluate variable doses of this mix upon patient satisfaction, pain alleviation over 12 month follow up period .

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Assiut, Egypt, 71111
        • Emad Zarief Kamel Said

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All patients Suffered radicular leg pain and some reported additional back pain.
  • All patients are non-responsive to conservative treatment modalities with VAS more than 7.

Exclusion criteria

  • presence of bleeding disorder
  • local infection
  • uncontrolled or degenerative spine disease
  • pregnancy
  • multilevel disk involvement
  • patient refusal.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: group A
percutaneous ozone intradiscal injection group A receive 10 ml of ozone oxygen mixture 40 ug O3/ ml O2
Drug: ozone oxygen mixture
receive 10 ml of ozone oxygen mixture under variable dosing
Active Comparator: group B
percutaneous ozone intradiscal injection group receive 10 ml of ozone oxygen mixture 30 ug O3/ ml O2.
Drug: ozone oxygen mixture
receive 10 ml of ozone oxygen mixture under variable dosing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pain alleviation by visual analogue scale (VAS)
Time Frame: 12 months
assessing pain alleviation by visual analogue scale (VAS)
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Reduction of disk herniation by MRI
Time Frame: 6 months
evaluation of disk herniation by MRI 6 month after injection, in comparison to the pre-injection MRI
6 months
Pain alleviation using Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire
Time Frame: 12 months
using Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 12, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 17, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

January 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 5, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00009908

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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