Recruiting

USG CMBB DSA

Sponsor:

Montreal General Hospital

Code:

NCT06731920

Conditions

Cervicalgia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 19+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

cervical medial branch block

Study Details

Brief summary:

Injections that freeze neck joints can be done using x-rays or ultrasound imaging, which as a newer way of guiding the needle to the right spot. This study will look at how often freezing liquid goes into a blood vessel during neck injections that freeze neck joints when ultrasound guidance is used to place the needle. When this happens, it can go undetected because it does not make the patient feel any different, however it could cause a test block to be falsely negative, leading to the wrong diagnosis. Based on previous studies, we think that this happens rarely, and the purpose of this study is to prove that conclusively

Conditions

Cervicalgia

Study ID

NCT06731920

Start date

Jan 10, 2025

Status verified date

Dec, 2024

Completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 19+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Consenting patients over 19 years of age undergoing an ultrasound-guided cervical medial branch blocks as part of their usual care.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects with one or more of the following characteristics will be excluded from the study:

Known bleeding disorder or coagulopathy Patients on antiplatelet medication other than aspirin and those on anticoagulants (coumadin, AT III agents) Inability to visualize targeted structures on ultrasound Known allergy to contrast agents

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Main study group

Patients undergoing cervical medial branch blocks as part of their usual care.

Interventions

cervical medial branch block

ultrasound-guided cervical medial branch block with fluoroscopic control and digital subtraction angiography

Primary outcome measure

  • Incidence of vascular uptake [ Time Frame: During the course of needle placement ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Bill Nelems Pain and Research Centre

Recruiting

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1Y 0G1

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

Montreal General Hospital

Last update posted

Dec 13, 2024

Last verified

Dec, 2024

Keywords

  • Ultrasound
  • cervical medial branch block
  • safety
  • digital subtraction angiography

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Montreal General Hospital on 2024-12-13.