Hands-On therapy tested for back pain relief
NCT ID NCT03836248
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding osteopathic treatment (a type of hands-on therapy) to standard medical care can reduce pain in people with chronic low back pain. About 199 adults with non-specific low back pain lasting over 3 months will take part. Researchers will compare pain levels before and after treatment to see if the combination approach works better than standard care alone.
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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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About 199 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
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 to 64 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: * Patient with chronic non-specific low back pain: degenerative lumbalgia and low back pain unrelated to anatomical lesions that have been evolving for more than 3 months. * Patient affiliated with a social security scheme or equivalent * Patient having signed the study informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with specific low back pain: patient with one of the following pathologies: degenerative neurological pathology; infectious pathology; fracture vertebral lesion less than 1 year; vertebral osteosynthesis material or canal narrowing. * Patient following a treatment of the Morphinic or Neuroleptic type. * Pregnant, breastfeeding or parturient woman * Patient participating in another clinical study * Protected patient: Major under some form of guardianship ; Hospitalized without consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Pasteur
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31076, France
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