Comparison of IDD Therapy and Non-surgical Treatment for Low Back Pain Caused by Degenerative Disc Disease
CompletedPhase 4NCT00165893
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study is looking at a new machine called the Accu-Spina which administers internal disc decompression by following a computer program. This non-surgical treatment (similar to traction) is being compared to a rigorous physical therapy program.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Internal Disc Decompression (IDD) vs. a Standardized Non-surgical Treatment Program for Chronic Low Back Pain Secondary to Mild to Moderate Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Accu-Spina Device/IDD therapy
- Procedure: Physical Therapy
- Sponsor
- Emory University
- Collaborators
- North American Medical Corporation
- Start date
- 2004-09
- Primary completion
- 2006-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic low back pain for \> 3 months due to mild to moderate disc degeneration, lumbar spondylosis, and facet arthropathy without leg pain based on the physician's history and physical and imaging studies * Over 18 years old * Able to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Infection, neurological deficits, systemic disease that would affect treatment outcome such as inflammatory joint diseases; malignancies with involvement in the musculoskeletal system * Evidence of severe neural compression on imaging studies, i.e. spinal stenosis or large herniated disc * Uncontrolled mood disorder * History of drug or substance abuse * Lumbar spine pathology requiring surgical intervention * Previous spine surgery of the lumbar spine, except discectomies \>12 months * Improvement with similar non-surgical treatments in the last 3 months * Active litigation, workers compensation * Females whom are pregnant
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00165893