# A Comparative Effectiveness Randomised Placebo Controlled Pilot Trial of the Management of Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain

> **NCT03240783** · PHASE2 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **St George Hospital, Australia** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Acute Sciatica

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Betamethasone OR Dexamethasone Injectable
- **DRUG:** Normal Saline Flush, 0.9% Injectable Solution
- **DRUG:** Dexamethasone Oral Tablet
- **OTHER:** Sham Injection and/or oral placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03240783
- **Lead sponsor:** St George Hospital, Australia
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2017-07-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-12
- **Final completion:** 2018-10
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-08-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03240783

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03240783, "A Comparative Effectiveness Randomised Placebo Controlled Pilot Trial of the Management of Acute Lumbar Radicular Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03240783. Licensed CC0.

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