Status:
COMPLETED
Photonic Needle and Sleeve Study
Lead Sponsor:
Maastricht University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Philips Healthcare
Conditions:
Puncture; Instrument
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
Rationale: evaluate the potential of the photonic needle (photonic needle technology) to discriminate tissues that are relevant to recognize during intraforaminal (transforaminal) epidural injection o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Scheduled for regular treatment: intraforaminal epidural injection
- Patients' age is 18 - 80 years
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion
- Pregnancy
- Photodynamic therapy used before
- Inability to give informed consent
- Contrast fluid allergy
- Any operation on the spine at the side of intervention
- Coagulation disorders / disturbance
- Infections at the level of intervention
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01476709
Start Date
November 1 2011
End Date
March 1 2012
Last Update
April 6 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands