Electric suit zaps away back pain without drugs
NCT ID NCT06702189
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a full-body suit called EXOPULSE Mollii that sends mild electrical pulses to many muscles at once. It aims to reduce pain and disability in 30 adults with chronic low back pain. Participants will try both the active suit and a sham (inactive) version to see if it really helps. The goal is to find a safe, drug-free way to manage long-term back pain.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 30 people
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- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 between 18 and 75 years, with a definite diagnosis of Low Back Pain for at least 3 months, with absence of any surgical indication. * Stable pharmacological treatment over the last three months * Residual back pain post-spinal surgery with no new surgical indication * Patients should be French speakers, able to understand verbal instructions, and affiliated to the national health insurance NHI. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with VAS \< 4 * Presence of any surgical indication (i.e,. isthmic spondylolisthesis, herniated disc, Spinal canal stenosis, Vertebral fracture, Degenerative Spondylolisthesis, scoliosis) * Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) * Presence of spinal infection * Presence of obstetrical or gynecological cause of the low back pain (ovarian torsion, ovarian cyst, endometriosis, menses) * Retroperitoneal tumors - Spinal tumors - Being included in another research protocol during the study period * Inability to undergo medical monitoring for the study purposes due to geographical or social reasons * Having a cardiac stimulator, a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, an intrathecal baclofen pump, or other contraindications to using EXOPULSE Mollii suit * Being pregnant * Having a change in their pharmacological therapy in the last three months. * Suffering from other somatic or neuropsychiatric diagnoses (e.g., arrhythmias, uncontrolled epilepsy, diseases causing osteoarticular and muscular pain) * Having a body mass index above 35 Kg/m2 * In case of the introduction of a medical device other than EXOPULSE Mollii suit during the study period * Patients under juridical protection (" mesure de protection judiciaire : tutelle, curatelle, sauvegarde de justice ") * Prisoners
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Locations
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Clinical Neurophysiology department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France
RECRUITINGCréteil, VAL DE Marne, 94000, France
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