Success Rates and Safety of Steroid Injections in Managing Spinal and Sacro-Iliac Pain (CORTisone Injection Spine Study)
Key facts
- Where
- Thornhill, CanadaSee the site
- Phase
- Phase 4
Where in Canada
- Wilderman Medical ClinicThornhill, CanadaContact: Igor Wilderman, MDTaking people
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
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- Who runs it
- Igor Wilderman. MD
- Trial code
- NCT07762170
- Record updated
- 13 August 2026
- Original description
This study aims to analyze the efficacy and safety of different kinds of steroid injections for back pain, comparing different steroids, dosages, locations (epidural, facet joints, nerve blocks), and also the difference between injections with steroids and local anesthetics, to optimize this treatment that is currently not standardized. The investigators will compare retrospectively and prospectively the efficacy of different injections in the same patients, using mainly a parameter called integral of pain relief, which combines the percentage of pain relief provided by a treatment and its duration over time, as well as improvements in functionality.Read full original descriptionShow less
Success Rates and Safety in Managing Spinal and Sacro-Iliac Pain: A Critical Analysis
This study aims to analyze the efficacy and safety of different kinds of steroid injections for back pain, comparing different steroids, dosages, locations (epidural, facet joints, nerve blocks), and also the difference between injections with steroids and local anesthetics, to optimize this treatment that is currently not standardized. The investigators will compare retrospectively and prospectively the efficacy of different injections in the same patients, using mainly a parameter called integral of pain relief, which combines the percentage of pain relief provided by a treatment and its duration over time, as well as improvements in functionality.
Inclusion: >18 years of age; Diagnosis of lumbar, cervical, or thoracic pain with various etiologies; Eligibility to receive steroid injections for back pain, including epidural, facet joints, or SIJ injections, or other injections (e.g., local anesthetics); Being willing and able to provide NRS pain ratings and PROMIS functionality ratings before the intervention, and the same scores plus IPR, fIPR, and PGIC at various follow-up points after the intervention; Provide written informed consent.
Exclusion: Back surgery in the month before injection treatment or planned surgery in the subsequent 3 months; Participation in any other competing clinical study within 3 months prior to screening and during the study period; Diagnosis of dementia, Parkinson's disease or other cognitive impairments; Any clinically significant acute or chronic medical condition that in the judgment of Investigator may preclude injection in the epidural space or compromise patient safety, limit patient's ability to complete the study, and/or compromise the objectives of the study; Congenital or acquired polyneuropathy.