Comparing Ultrasound-Guided Transgluteal Nerve Block to Standard Care
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Sciatica Acute
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare transgluteal sciatic nerve block to standard of care to treat sciatic back pain in adult patients who present to the emergency department.
The main question it aims to answer is: Is a transgluteal sciatic nerve block better than standard of care in improving pain in ER patients with sciatic back pain?
If there is a comparison group: Researchers will …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Adults aged 18 years and older
* Presentation to ED with:
* Acute or acute-on-chronic pain consistent with sciatica, defined as unilateral lumbosacral radicular pain radiating from the lower back or gluteal region to the posterior leg, may extend distal to the knee.
* Pain sco…
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