Water therapy for back pain? new study shows promise
NCT ID NCT06471998
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new treatment called Localized Tissue Hydration for people with chronic low back pain. The treatment was added to standard care for 30 adults. The main goal was to see if it could reduce pain by at least 30% after 6 months.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- 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: * Patient 18 years of age or older ; * Patient with chronic, non-operated low-back pain operated for more than 3 months (verbal numerical scale ≥ 5); * Chronic common lumbago not requiring surgical management surgical ; * Lumbar MRI performed as part of routine care and available available for the inclusion visit; * For women of childbearing age, use of a highly effective contraceptive method; * Patient affiliated to a French health insurance scheme; * Patient has signed an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast-feeding woman; * Patient in accident at work ; * Patient with radicular syndrome; * Contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging or CT scan; * Severe cases of hydric inflation and hydrosodic retention, particularly in cases of : * Decompensated heart failure; * Acute renal failure with oliguria or anuria; * Decompensated liver failure; * Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. * Hypochloremia ; * Hypernatremia ; * Patients of legal age subject to legal protection, guardianship, curatorship or deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision; * Patient hospitalized without consent; * Patient unable to answer a questionnaire; * Patients who do not understand or speak French. Exclusion period for inclusion in another study : Included patients will not be allowed to participate in another interventional study during the entire follow-up period. The exclusion period is 8.5 months.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Privé Clairval
Marseille, 13009, France
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