Medical Information Only. Always consult your healthcare provider before enrolling in any clinical trial.

NCT02130258 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Somatosensory Profiling in Radicular Pain Patients And it's Correlation With Treatment Outcome

A NA study, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
23
Enrollment target

NCT02130258: Completed NA study, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital.

NCT02130258 is a NA study that has completed, run by Massachusetts General Hospital. The registered enrollment target is 23 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (98% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

View your shortlist → Add completion date to calendar (.ics) →

The verdict

NCT02130258, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
23 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

The investigators hypothesize that there may exist different quantitative sensory profiles between radicular pain patients who respond and those who do not respond to the standard therapy of epidural steroid injections (ESI).

Primary Outcome

QST tests for changes in spinal nerves. A small metal plate, called a thermode, is placed on the subject's arm. During the warm sensation test, the plate slowly increases in temperature.The subject will stop the test as soon as the plate feels warm. This temperature is recorded and can range from 32-53 degrees Celsius. The same test is repeated on the subject's leg that has radicular pain. The difference in temperatures from the test on the subject's arm and leg were analyzed.

Interventions

  • DEVICE Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST)
  • PROCEDURE Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI)

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 23 participants
Start Date 2012-05
Est. Completion 2017-12
Phase NA
Massachusetts General Hospital

2,032 total trials

What the finished NCT02130258 record still lists

NCT02130258 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 23 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (98% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 2 interventions - of which Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is the first listed.

NCT02130258 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT02130258 about?

NCT02130258 is a clinical study titled "Somatosensory Profiling in Radicular Pain Patients And it's Correlation With Treatment Outcome". The investigators hypothesize that there may exist different quantitative sensory profiles between radicular pain patients who respond and those who do not respond to the standard therapy of epidural steroid injections (ESI).

What is the current status of trial NCT02130258?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 23 participants. The study started on 2012-05. Estimated completion is 2017-12.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02130258?

The interventions under investigation include: Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) (DEVICE), Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI) (PROCEDURE).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02130258?

This trial is sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital, which has 2,032 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT02130258's enrollment target sits among peer trials

23 1755th of 2000 higher than 245 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more other NA trials. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

Nationwide trials with similar profiles

Cross-condition peers matched on enrollment target and registry start date, not the same-condition list above.

Similar enrollment target

  • NCT03616041 · 23 participants

    Capsule Endoscopy for Severe Hematochezia

  • NCT04348747 · 23 participants · Phase 2

    Dendritic Cell Vaccines Against Her2/Her3 and Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Brain Metastasis From Triple Negative Breast Cancer or HER2+ Breast Cancer

  • NCT04587687 · 23 participants · Phase 2

    Brentuximab Vedotin and Bendamustine for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

  • NCT04715022 · 23 participants · Phase 1

    Sympathetic-vascular Dysfunction in Obesity and Insulin Resistance (Vitamin C Study)

Similar registry start date

  • NCT05988463 · started 2027-01-01 · Phase 1

    Dose-Escalation Study of Artesunate Patients With IPF

  • NCT07219706 · started 2026-12-10 · NA

    Dietary Fiber and Time Restricted Eating

  • NCT02831335 · started 2026-12-01

    Technical Development of Multi-Parametric Renocerebral MRI

  • NCT05962346 · started 2026-12 · NA

    Fetal Endoscopic Tracheal Occlusion for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02130258, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT02130258 (small enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.