New emergency room program aims to stop back pain from becoming chronic
NCT ID NCT07375914
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program that trains emergency doctors and gives patients simple educational materials to manage acute low back pain. The goal is to reduce pain and disability within a week and prevent long-term problems. About 782 adults with new or worsening back pain will take part across multiple emergency departments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- biopsychosocial intervention (physician training and patient education materials)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, evidence-based approach to reduce short-term pain and disability from acute low back pain and lower the risk of it becoming chronic.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial testing a complex intervention in emergency departments, so results may not generalize to other settings. The intervention relies on changing physician and patient behavior, which can be difficult to sustain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 782 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 to 55 presenting to a participating emergency department, and * Presenting with acute non-traumatic low back pain, newly developed or worsened within the past 7 days. * Moderate to severe pain, defined as a score of ≥4 on a 0-10 numerical rating scale. * Provision of informed consent after being given the information sheet. * Patients covered by social security (excluding AME). Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of a 'red flag' according to HAS guidelines, including: motor neurological deficit or cauda equina syndrome, non-mechanical pain, trauma, active neoplastic disease or history of inflammatory rheumatism, suspected osteoarticular infection, recent spinal surgery with worsening symptoms, suspected acute vascular pathology, prolonged use of medications or corticosteroids, significant structural spinal deformity, or deterioration of general health. * Inability to attend the 3-month follow-up. * Poor command of French. * Patient under guardianship/curatorship or deprived of liberty. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women
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How to take part
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The places running it
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emergency department, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
RECRUITINGParis, France