Clinical Trial: Effect of Alexithymia on Treatment Response to Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections in Chronic Low Back Pain

U.S., Sept. 19 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07828132) titled 'Effect of Alexithymia on Treatment Response to Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections in Chronic Low Back Pain' on Sept. 14.

Brief Summary: Low back pain and lumbosakral radiculopathy represent common clinical challenges substantially diminishing health-related quality of life and work productivity. Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection (TFESI) is widely performed in routine practice to reduce radicular pain, enhance functional capacity, and mitigate the need for surgery. However, clinical response to TFESI remains notably heterogeneous, indicating that biomedical parameters alone may not fully account for treatment efficac...