Brain and Peripheral Electrical Stimulation in Chronic Low Back Pain: a Factorial Design
CompletedPhase 2, Phase 3NCT01896453
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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 evaluate the efficacy of brain and peripheral electrical stimulation on chronic non-specific low back pain patients.
Study details
- Official title
- Treatment of Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain With Brain and Peripheral Electrical Stimulation: a Factorial, Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Procedure: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
- Start date
- 2013-06
- Primary completion
- 2014-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Males and females aged \> 18 years and \<65 years * Complaining of back pain for more than three months * Presence of a chronic pain measurable with the number rating scale (NRS 0-10) not less than 4 during a 1 week daily NRS monitoring * Seeking care for low back pain Exclusion Criteria: * Previous surgery on the spine, spondylolisthesis * Previous treatment with TENS \<6 months * Previous treatment with tDCS * Disc herniation with nerve compression * Neurological, psychiatric and rheumatologic diseases * Impaired sensibility * Use of pacemakers or other implanted devices * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01896453