Teamwork approach aims to keep back pain patients working
NCT ID NCT04826757
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 14, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether better teamwork between doctors, physiotherapists, and workplace health services can help people with low back pain avoid long-term disability. About 500 adults with subacute or recurrent low back pain who are still working will receive either standard care or a coordinated program including early contact with occupational health and active physiotherapy. The main goal is to see if this approach improves patients' ability to function after one year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- coordinated care (GP, physiotherapy, occupational health)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a practical care model to help people with low back pain return to work sooner and avoid long-term disability.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage study with 500 participants, and the intervention is a complex care coordination approach that may be difficult to implement broadly. Results may not apply to all back pain patients.
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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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220 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 60 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: * Patient consulting an investigator GP for subacute low back pain or acute recurrent low back pain * Patient with occupational activity (including sick leave) * Patient depending of occupational health service * Obtaining the signature of the consent to participate in this trial * Patient Registered with social security scheme Non-inclusion Criteria: * Specific low back pain (fracture, infection, osteoporosis, inflammatory disease, tumor) * Low back pain with sciatic, cruralgia * Contraindication to active reeducation * Impossibility to follow up during 12 months * Patient planning to retire within the 12 months following the enrollment * Disability to write or read french * Adult patient protected under the law (guardianship), * Pregnant, breastfeeding or parturient women * Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Persons subject to legal protection measures * Persons unable to consent * Persons on coercion psychiatric care * Physiotherapy by a physiotherapist who don't participate in this trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cluster Angers- Trélazé
Trélazé, France
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Cluster BRULON
Brûlon, France
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Cluster Bonchamp
Bonchamp-lès-Laval, France
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Cluster Chantenay
Nantes, France
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Cluster Château Gontier
Château-Gontier, France
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Cluster Châteauneuf sur Sarthe / Morannes
Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, France
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Cluster Clisson
Clisson, France
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Cluster Conlie
Conlie, France
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Cluster Craon Renaze Cosse
Craon, France
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Cluster Dinan / Quévert / Plouasne
Quévert, France
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Cluster Entrammes Laval
Entrammes, France
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Cluster Les Collines
Roquefort-les-Pins, France
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Cluster Rennes Beauregard
Rennes, France
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Cluster Rennes Villejean
Rennes, France
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Cluster Roche sur Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
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Cluster SEGRE
Segré, France
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Cluster Savenay
Savenay, France
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Cluster St Florent, Mauges, Possonnière
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
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Cluster Vaunoise
Breteil, France
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Cluster Vence
Vence, France
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