Clinical trialNCT02162940CompletedObservational

Statin and Epidural Steroid Injection

SponsorAydin Adnan Menderes UniversityEnrollment300Low Back Pain After Epidural Steroid InjectionQuality of Life After Epidural Steroid Injection

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Summary

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The impact of statin use on response to epidural steroid injections remains unknown and may well increase the effect considering the substantial anti-inflammatory properties. We thus tested the primary hypothesis that patients taking statins before and after the procedure will have lower VAS scores compared to patients not on statins. Secondarily we tested the hypothesis that statin users will have improved quality of life evaluated with Short Form 36 (SF 36).

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Investigators

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Alparslan Turan, Associate Prof
Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic
Principal Investigator
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Banu Taşdemir, Asist Dr
Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department
Principal Investigator
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Fabrizio Galimberti, Medical Student
Cleveland ClinicLernerCollege of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Investigator
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Osman Nuri Aydın, Prof
Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty Algology Department
Principal Investigator
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Sinem Sari, Assist Prof
Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department
Study Chair
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Turkey (Türkiye)

Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department
Aydin, Turkey (Türkiye)

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Apr 2012
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2013
Completion: 31 Dec 2013
Last update posted: 13 Jun 2014
Registered enrollment: 300
Registry id: NCT02162940

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