Predicting who benefits from injections for chronic low back pain v1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Can we predict who will benefit from injections for chronic low back pain? A feasibility study
IRAS ID
148758
Contact name
Martin Dunbar
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS GG&C R&D
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
R01_161014, Chronic Pain MCN NHS GG&C - Research & Audit subgroup
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 2 days
Research summary
Many patients receive steroid injections for the treatment of chronic low back pain but they are not always effective and can sometimes cause unwanted side effects. It is difficult for clinicians to predict which of their patients will benefit from injections. Some research suggests that factors related to a person’s personality and mood can predict who benefits from surgery for their back pain and we would like to see if this is also true for injections. All patients from the Victoria Hospital (Glasgow) Pain Clinic who are offered an injection for their chronic low back pain over a six month period will be invited to participate in the study. The study will involve participants completing questionnaires at three time points: before injection and at 8 and 16 weeks after their injections. These questionnaires will be sent to the participant’s home address and will be self-completed.
REC name
London - Camden & Kings Cross Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0181
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jan 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion