A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of long-acting dexamethasone viscous gel delivered by transforaminal injection for lumbosacral radicular pain.


Journal

Pain
ISSN: 1872-6623
Titre abrégé: Pain
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7508686

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 12 06 2023
accepted: 29 04 2024
medline: 14 6 2024
pubmed: 14 6 2024
entrez: 14 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03372161.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38875121
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003287
pii: 00006396-990000000-00626
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT03372161']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

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Auteurs

Alan Miller (A)

Coastal Clinical Research Specialists, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States.

Kenneth D Candido (KD)

Chicago Anesthesia Pain Specialists, Chicago, IL, United States.

Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (NN)

Chicago Anesthesia Pain Specialists, Chicago, IL, United States.

José Rivera (J)

Tampa Pain Relief Center, Tampa, FL, United States.

Paul Lunseth (P)

Clinical Research of West Florida, Inc, Tampa, FL, United States.

Dennis J Levinson (DJ)

Chicago Clinical Research Institute, Inc, Chicago, IL, United States.

Ferdinand Formoso (F)

Coastal Clinical Research Specialists, Jacksonville, FL, United States.

Daneshvari Solanki (D)

Hermann Drive Research Hospital, Bellaire, TX, United States.

Edward Tavel (E)

Clinical Trials of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.

Angela Krull (A)

Physicians' Research Options, LLC, Draper, UT, United States.

Richard Radnovich (R)

Injury Care Research, Boise, ID, United States.

Daniel Burkhead (D)

Innovative Pain Care Center, Las Vegas, NV, United States.

Dmitri Souza (D)

Western Reserve Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, United States.

Standiford Helm (S)

The Helm Center for Pain Management, Laguna Hills, CA, United States.

Nathaniel Katz (N)

WCG Analgesic Solutions, Wayland, MA, United States.

Robert H Dworkin (RH)

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States.

Steven P Cohen (SP)

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.

James P Rathmell (JP)

Department of Anethesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

Asokumar Buvanendran (A)

Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States.

Joshua Levin (J)

Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.

Elizabeth Stannard (E)

Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Consultants to Scilex Holding Company, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

Chris Ambrose (C)

Clinical Development, Scilex Holding Company, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

Mark Jaros (M)

Summit Analytical LLC, Denver, CO, United States.

Kip Vought (K)

Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Consultants to Scilex Holding Company, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

Dmitri Lissin (D)

Clinical Development, Scilex Holding Company, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

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