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Yoga vs. physio: new study tests which is better for back pain and stiffness

NCT ID NCT06083090

Symptom relief Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study compares yoga therapy to standard physiotherapy for people with moderate axial spondyloarthritis, a type of inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine and pelvis. Seventy-two participants will attend group sessions twice a week for ten weeks. The goal is to see if yoga can better reduce pain, stiffness, and fatigue than physiotherapy alone.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
yoga therapy
What this could lead to
If it works, yoga therapy could become a proven non-drug option to ease pain, stiffness, and fatigue for people with axial spondyloarthritis.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study (72 people) comparing two similar approaches, so any difference may be small or not apply to everyone. Yoga is generally safe but may not help all symptoms.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 72 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2024

Expected to finish

Aug 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * French-speaking patient aged 18 and over * Patient with axial spondyloarthritis (axSPA) according to Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society, diagnosed by a rheumatologist * "Moderately active" to "active" form of axSPA (basic BASDAI \> 3) * Stable disease: No recent or foreseeable introduction in the next 6 months of drug treatments for axSPA (excluding analgesics) * Absence of disabling stress urinary incontinence * Geographical or organizational possibility of undergoing the study * Patient informed and having signed the informed consent form for participation in the research Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Recent childbirth (within the last six months) * Patient already practicing yoga or having practiced it in the last six months * Abdominal or spinal surgery in the last six months * Motor neurological deficit * Sphincter deficit * Any other somatic pathology preventing the practice of physiotherapy or yogatherapy according to the opinion of the evaluating clinician * Depressive syndrome requiring specific treatment * Non-affiliation to a social security scheme (beneficiary or beneficiary) or to another social protection scheme * Patient deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision or under legal protection (guardianship, safeguard of justice) * Currently participating in or in a period of exclusion from: another interventional research involving human participants, a clinical trial on a medical product for human, a clinical investigation on a medical device. Participation in non-interventional research is authorized.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

ankylosing spondylitis Axial Spondyloarthritis rheumatic disorder spondyloarthropathy

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Axial spondyloarthritis (axspa)

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hôpital Avicenne

    RECRUITING

    Bobigny, 93000, France

  • Hôpital Cochin

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75014, France

  • Hôpital Henri Mondor

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Créteil, 94000, France

  • Hôpital Henri Mondor

    RECRUITING

    Créteil, 94010, France

  • Hôpital Pitié Salpetrière

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Paris, 75013, France

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