# Low-Dose Radiation to Prevent Complications of Back Surgery

> **NCT00018876** · PHASE1 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Pittsburgh** · enrollment: 46 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Postlaminectomy Syndrome
- Postdiscectomy Epidural Fibrosis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Lumbar nerve root decompression
- **PROCEDURE:** Preoperative low-dose external beam radiation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00018876
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Pittsburgh
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2000-10
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2002-10
- **Target enrollment:** 46 (—)
- **Last updated:** 2013-06-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00018876

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00018876, "Low-Dose Radiation to Prevent Complications of Back Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00018876. Licensed CC0.

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