Daily doctor talks may ease back pain better than therapy alone
NCT ID NCT07150702
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether having a daily check-in with a physician, in addition to standard physical therapy, helps people with low back pain more than therapy alone. 74 adults aged 18-65 with subacute or chronic mechanical low back pain will be split into two groups. Both groups get hot packs, TENS, ultrasound, and exercises; one group also meets with a physician every day during treatment. Pain, fear of movement, and disability are measured at 5 days and 1 month after treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- conventional physical therapy plus daily physician-patient meetings
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that adding close physician follow-up to standard physical therapy helps people with low back pain feel better faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 74 people and a short follow-up of one month. The results may not apply to everyone with back pain.
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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 74 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 to 65 years
- 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: * Patients aged 18-65 with subacute or chronic mechanical back pain and considered appropriate for a physical therapy program. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients describing inflammatory back pain * Spondyloarthropathies and other rheumatological diseases * History of spinal surgery * Patients with sensory disturbances and psychiatric diagnoses * Fibromyalgia * Patients with malignancies * Patients with active infectious findings * Patients with a history of radiotherapy
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Istanbul Training and Research Hospital
RECRUITINGIstanbul, Fatih, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
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