# Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Facet Joint Injections for Facet-Related Pain: A Randomized Comparison of Saline, Steroid, and 5% Dextrose

> **NCT07528794** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Facet Joint Osteoarthritis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Dextrose Injection
- **PROCEDURE:** Steroid Injection
- **PROCEDURE:** Saline Injection

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07528794
- **Lead sponsor:** Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-04-02
- **Primary completion:** 2023-03-17
- **Final completion:** 2023-03-17
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07528794

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07528794, "Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Facet Joint Injections for Facet-Related Pain: A Randomized Comparison of Saline, Steroid, and 5% Dextrose". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07528794. Licensed CC0.

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