Modic Changes and Associated Features in Southern European Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
CompletedNCT00478868
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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)
To assess: a) The prevalence of Modic changes and other findings on lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), among Spanish adult chronic LBP patients, b) Patient characteristics and radiological findings associated with Modic changes.
Study details
- Official title
- Modic Changes and Associated Features in Southern European Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Kovacs Foundation
- Start date
- 2008-05
- Primary completion
- 2010-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 35 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients between 35 and 50 years of age having a diagnosis of chronic low back pain (of 3 or more months' duration, and including sciatica and lumbar cytalgia), who get a prescription for an MRI. Exclusion Criteria: * Racial characteristics suggesting a non-Spanish origin; central nervous system pathology (with or without treatment); * Diagnosis or suspicion of systemic disease (inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, or infections).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00478868