Study Care Versus Usual Care for Acute Mechanical Lower Back Pain

NCT00135239 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: C04-0588
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 88
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The most common work-related injury in British Columbia every year is a lower back injury. The many different treatment options that are available to workers with a back injury have often led to confusion and frustration. New back pain research has shown which combinations of treatments are most helpful, but has also shown that many injured workers in British Columbia do not have these treatments made readily available to them. This research study is designed to accurately determine whether or not providing patients suffering from acute back injuries with a combination of all of these recommended treatments, will improve their function, quality of life and return to work.

Conditions

Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Keywords

back; Lower Mechanical Back Pain; Rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To determine if study-based care (SC) is more effective than usual care (UC) in the treatment of patients with acute mechanical lower back pain after 16 weeks

  16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To determine if SC is more effective than UC in improving the functional status of patients with acute mechanical lower back pain at 8 weeks and 24 weeks.

  24 weeks

Interventions

Study care PROCEDURE

All study patients will be assessed initially by a physician in the CNOSP outpatient clinic to confirm that they meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria of the study. Patients receiving the EBC intervention will then receive re-assurance, advice to avoid passive treatments, acetominophen (except where contraindicated) for a period of 2-4 weeks, a four week course of lumbar spine spinal manipulative therapy administered by a CNOSP Chiropractor and advice to return to work in some capacity within eight weeks following the start of treatment. Patients randomized to the UC treatment arm will undergo the treatment(s) recommended by their family physicians.

Usual care PROCEDURE

Patients randomized to the UC treatment arm will undergo the treatment(s) recommended by their family physicians.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Residents of British Columbia with mechanical lower back pain
• Acute lower back pain with symptoms lasting 2-4 weeks
• Satisfy the Quebec Task Force Classification of Spinal Disorders Categories 1 and 2

You may not qualify if:

• Other significant spinal pathology
• Pregnancy
• Patients with Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) claims
• Persistent pain in other areas of the spine

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Medical Rapid Access Spine Clinic

Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 3J5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

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  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Dr. Paul Bishop, MD

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 23, 2005
• First Posted: August 25, 2005
• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2008
• Study Completion: June 1, 2008
• Last Updated: June 17, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-06

Locations

CA (1)