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    Area of Science:

    • Interventional Pain Management
    • Neurosurgery
    • Orthopedics

    Background:

    • Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are common for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with neurogenic claudication.
    • The mild procedure offers minimally invasive lumbar decompression as an alternative to ESIs.
    • Both treatments are considered for LSS patients refractory to conservative therapies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare patient outcomes between the mild procedure and ESIs.
    • To evaluate effectiveness in LSS patients with neurogenic claudication and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.
    • To provide Level I evidence on the safety and effectiveness of these interventions.

    Main Methods:

    • A prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled clinical study involving 26 US centers.
    • Approximately 300 Medicare beneficiaries with LSS and neurogenic claudication randomized 1:1 to mild or ESI.
    • Primary outcome: Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) responder rates at one year; secondary outcomes: Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ) and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) responder rates.

    Main Results:

    • The study aims to present descriptive summaries and inferential statistical analysis of outcome measures.
    • Primary results will be based on one-year follow-up data.
    • An interim analysis will be reported at the 6-month follow-up point.

    Conclusions:

    • Patients were not blinded due to differing treatment protocols.
    • Potential for higher non-responder rates due to study restrictions on adjunctive pain therapies.
    • This study will yield Level I evidence on mild versus ESIs for LSS neurogenic claudication.