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Studying the nerves that supply the back joints in people with lumbar facet arthrosis
Examines what the nerves to lower back joints are made of.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Aberdeen
- Where
- Aberdeen, United KingdomSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Nerve Composition of Human Lumbar Dorsal Primary Rami and Its Medial Branch
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 8 Mar 2022
- Planned end
- 31 Dec 2024
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- Spinal surgery
- Histology
- Record updated
- 24 December 2024
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults who are scheduled to have surgery on the lower spine. It studies the nerves that supply the joints of the low back.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- People already scheduled for lumbar (lower back) spinal surgery.
- Earlier treatment
- People cannot join if they had spinal surgery before, or RF ablation (heat treatment of nerves) for low back pain before.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Previous spinal surgery
- Previous RF ablation for low back pain
- Having COVID-19 or showing symptoms of COVID-19
- Not able to give informed consent
- Vulnerable adults or adults who lack the capacity to decide
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Be aged 18 or over
- be able to give informed consent
- scheduled to undergo lumbar spinal surgery
Who cannot take part
- History of previous spinal surgery
- history of previous RF ablation for low back pain
- has COVID-19 or displaying symptoms of COVID-19
- Children under 18 years old
- Vulnerable adults
- Adults with incapacity
- Inability to provide informed consent
Where in United Kingdom
- Woodend HospitalAberdeen, United KingdomContact: Santosh Baliga, MbChB, FRCSTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of the study is to understand the composition of the nerves supplying the facet joints in low back.
The group in the trial
- Active group
Patients who are scheduled to undergo lumbar spinal surgery and fulfill the inclusion and exclusion criteria
Treatment: Spinal surgery and Histology
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Nerve Composition of Human Lumbar Dorsal Primary Rami and Its Medial Branch
- Plain-language title
- Studying the nerves that supply the back joints in people with lumbar facet arthrosisGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 24 December 2024