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Back pain breakthrough: study tests Cost-Saving program to get people working again
NCT ID NCT07472374
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a functional restoration program—a mix of exercise, education, and support—can help people with chronic low back pain who are unable to work. The goal is to see if the program improves quality of life, reduces healthcare use, and helps people return to work, all while being cost-effective. About 242 adults with work-disabling low back pain will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 242 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2030
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 69 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: * Low back pain for at least 3 months * Low back pain with an intensity greater than or equal to 40/100 on a visual analog scale * Low back pain with a mechanical pattern (reduced by rest) * Low back pain on mobilization or palpation of the lumbar spine * Standard X-ray or MRI of the lumbar spine taken at the same time as the low back pain, showing normal or degenerative (arthritic) changes in the lumbar spine * Patient on sick leave due to low back pain for at least 3 months and less than 2 years * Patient who speaks and writes French * Patient with social security coverage Exclusion Criteria: * Low back pain of inflammatory, infectious, tumorous, or fracture origin * Radiculalgia in a lower limb greater than 40/100 * Radiculalgia in a lower limb with neurological complications (motor function less than or equal to 3/5 or cauda equina syndrome) * Cortisone injection into the lumbar spine in the previous month * Lumbar spine surgery in the previous 6 months * Heart or respiratory failure * Psychiatric condition preventing assessment of low back pain * Pregnancy * Refusal to participate in the study * Individuals benefiting from judicial protection measures
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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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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Lariboisière - Fernand Widal Hospital.
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75010, France