# Parallel Versus Perpendicular Technique for Lumbar Medial Branch Radiofrequency Neurotomy

> **NCT03912519** · NA · ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · sponsor: **Vanderbilt University Medical Center** · enrollment: 132 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Back Pain Without Radiation
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Parallel placement of 16 gauge electrodes
- **PROCEDURE:** Perpendicular placement with 22 gauge electrodes

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03912519
- **Lead sponsor:** Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- **Start date:** 2019-08-21
- **Primary completion:** 2026-12
- **Final completion:** 2027-12
- **Target enrollment:** 132 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-01

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03912519

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03912519, "Parallel Versus Perpendicular Technique for Lumbar Medial Branch Radiofrequency Neurotomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03912519. Licensed CC0.

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