Health coaching from home may ease back pain after ER
NCT ID NCT06400602
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether remote health coaching can help people with chronic low back pain recover after an emergency department visit. Forty adults will receive either health coaching or education sessions over eight weeks. The main goal is to see if this approach is feasible and acceptable to patients and providers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- health coaching
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, non-drug way to help people with chronic back pain recover better after an emergency room visit.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 40 participants. It is designed to see if the approach is practical, not yet to prove it works.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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 years and older
- 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: 1. Chief complaint of musculoskeletal LBP 2. Meets NIH-supported chronic LBP criterion (e.g., pain greater than 3 months that has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months) 3. Age 18 years of age or older 4. English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: 1. Requires hospitalization for an acute medical condition or active comorbidity 2. In the opinion of the investigator has a severe psychiatric or behavioral diagnosis or substance use disorder that would interfere with the ability to perform the intervention and complete follow-up 3. Involved in litigation related to the LBP condition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville VA Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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