Osteopathic Health Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain (OSTEOPATHIC) Trial
CompletedPhase 3NCT00315120
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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)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (a type of spinal manipulative therapy used by osteopathic physicians) and ultrasound physical therapy are effective in the treatment of chronic low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Ultrasound Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: A. Active OMT and active UST
- Procedure: B. Sham OMT and active UST
- Procedure: C. Active OMT and sham UST
- Procedure: D. Sham OMT and sham UST
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH); Osteopathic Heritage Foundations; National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Start date
- 2006-08
- Primary completion
- 2011-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 Years to 69 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Must give a positive response to the question: "Have you had low back pain constantly or on most days for the last three months?" * Must identify the low back as the primary site of pain * Must agree to not receive any of the following outside of the study during the period of participation: osteopathic manipulative treatment, chiropractic adjustment (including "mobilization" or "manipulation"), physical therapy * Women must not be pregnant or plan to become pregnant during the period of study participation (a negative pregnancy test and willingness to maintain an acceptable method of contraception will be required) Exclusion Criteria: * History of any of the following conditions which may be underlying causes of low back symptoms: cancer, spinal osteomyelitis, spinal fracture, herniated disc, ankylosing spondylitis, cauda equina syndrome * History of surgery involving the low back within the past year or planned low back surgery in the future * History of receiving Workers' Compensation benefits within the past three months * Involvement in current litigation relating to back problems * Current pregnancy or plan to become pregnant during the course of participation in the study * Any of the following that may limit a provider's choice of osteopathic manipulative treatment techniques or hamper compliance with the study protocol: angina or congestive heart failure symptoms that occur at rest or with minimal activity, history of a stroke or transient ischemic attack within the past year * Any of the following that may represent potential contraindications to receiving ultrasound physical therapy: implantation of a cardiac pacemaker, implantation of artificial joints or other biomedical devices, active bleeding or infection in the low back, pregnancy * Use of intravenous, intramuscular, or oral corticosteroids within the past month * History of osteopathic manipulative treatment, chiropractic adjustment, or physical therapy within the past three months or on more than three occasions during the past year * Practitioner or student of any of the following: osteopathic medicine (D.O.) allopathic medicine (M.D.), chiropractic (D.C.), physical therapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00315120