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Withdrawn study on breathing vs massage for back pain offers no answers

NCT ID NCT07167212

Symptom relief Sponsor: Rashid Latif Medical College Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study aimed to compare two non-drug treatments for chronic low back pain: diaphragmatic breathing exercises and myofascial release (a type of massage). The plan was to enroll 44 adults aged 20–45 and measure pain, flexibility, and disability over four weeks. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.

What this could mean

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Active substance
diaphragmatic training and myofascial release
What this could lead to
If it had worked, this could have pointed toward a simple, drug-free exercise to ease chronic low back pain.
What could go wrong
The study was withdrawn before enrolling anyone, so no conclusions can be drawn. Even if completed, it was a small, early trial with no long-term follow-up.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Started

Dec 2024

Finished

Apr 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

20 to 45 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * with intermittent nonspecific CLBP for ≥12 weeks, with VAS between 3 to 7. All participants will be active at a recreational level, history of at least 12 weeks of NLBP, absence of radiculopathy or spinal damage due to tumors, stenosis, or fractures, and a minimum level of physical activity to be able to perform the exercises. Exclusion Criteria: * lumbar surgery experience, * inflammatory spinal disease, * spinal deformities, * neurologic radiating pain

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Conditions

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Pain

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Non-specific low back pain

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital

    Lahore, Punjab Province, 54900, Pakistan

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