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Observational Cohort Study of Chronic Low Back Pain

CompletedNCT01355237
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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 research study is being done to understand the outcomes of back pain treatment and costs associated with it in an academic hospital outpatient setting. The investigators will conduct a prospective observational cohort study to assess the clinical outcomes and utilization of health care services of 175 Osher Clinical Center (OCC) patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) compared with a comparison group of 175 non-OCC CLBP patients treated within Brigham and Women's Hospital. Outcomes will include assessment of functional status, symptom relief, satisfaction with care, health-related quality of life, and worker productivity, and will be measured in person at baseline, and by phone by an interviewer blinded to cohort group at 3, 6, and 12 months.

Study details

Official title
Use and Effectiveness of a Model Integrative Care Clinic in an Academic Hospital: Study II - Observational Cohort Study of Chronic Low Back Pain
Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborators
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Start date
2012-02
Primary completion
2015-04
Sex
All
Age range
from 21 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
United States
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 3 months or more of chronic low back pain or 6 months or more of intermittent low back pain OR * having at least one of a list of ICD-9 diagnostic codes for uncomplicated low back pain * having two or more visits for back pain within the past two years; one of these visits must have happened within the past year (as a screening marker of chronicity) Exclusion Criteria: * under the age of 21 * unable to understand English * have complicated low back pain (e.g. history of back pain related to cancer, fracture, or infection) * unable to participate in the phone follow-up for the next one-year period.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01355237