New combo therapy aims to break the Fear-Pain cycle in back pain sufferers
NCT ID NCT07284407
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding sensory discrimination training to pain neuroscience education and core exercises can reduce pain catastrophizing and fear of movement in 80 adults with chronic low back pain. Participants will attend sessions twice a week for eight weeks. The goal is to see if the combined approach improves how they think about pain and move their bodies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pain Neuroscience Education with Sensory Discrimination Training and Core Stability Exercises
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a non-drug way to help people with chronic low back pain feel less afraid of movement and reduce negative thinking about pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 80 participants. The added sensory training may not provide extra benefit over standard pain education and exercise.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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19 to 44 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: * Age: 19 to 44 Both Genders Mechanical low back pain (duration more than 6 months and less than 2 years) \>4/10 Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or post-partum Trauma Psychological Pain Radicular Pain Cancer, tumor, malignancy Neurological Deficit Recent Surgery \<1year
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