New approach aims to ease back pain for thousands
NCT ID NCT05626049
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares a new spine specialist care model to usual care for 1800 adults with low back pain. The goal is to see if the new approach reduces how much pain interferes with daily life and improves physical function after 3 months. Participants are 18 or older and starting a visit for back pain at a participating clinic.
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Study facts
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- 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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1,800 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. aged 18 years and older 2. initiating an outpatient visit for LBP at a participating PCP clinic 3. agree to participate and complete baseline questionnaire (in lieu of formal written documentation of consent) Exclusion Criteria: 1. inability to provide consent or complete outcome questionnaires 2. positive screening for cauda equina symptoms (loss of total control of bowel/bladder associated with this episode of LBP )
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dartmouth Health
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03755, United States
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Duke Health
Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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