Improving Outcomes and Lowering Costs by Integration of Primary Care Providers and Pain Medicine Physicians for Pain Pts
TerminatedNot applicableNCT02484937
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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 will demonstrate that functional improvement measures over a 6-month period for chronic low back patients under the care of Primary Care Provider (PCP), using a therapeutic plan formulated initially by the Pain Medicine Specialist (PMS), are equivalent to those under the care of the PMS only. Chronic low back pain patient will be initially be evaluated by the PMS. If no interventional pain therapy is required, a multimodal therapeutic plan (pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological) will be formulated to manage the chronic low back pain. Patients will be randomized into one of the two groups: Group 1 - Subjects will be treated monthly for the following 6 months by PMS, and Group 2 - Subjects will be treated by their own PCP for monthly visits for 6 months.
Study details
- Official title
- Improving Functional Outcomes and Lowering Health Care Costs by Enhanced Integration of Primary Care Providers and Pain Medicine Physicians for Chronic Non-cancer Pain Patients
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Group 2 (PCP Treatment)
- Other: Group 1 (PMS Treatment)
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
- Collaborators
- Pfizer
- Start date
- 2015-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 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: 1.Non-structural non-specific chronic low back pain of a least 3 months duration 2.18 years of age or older 3.Has a primary care provider (PCP) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to communicate with health care providers 2. Refuses to complete the required outcome measures 3. Unable to provide consent 4. Advanced medical illness (severe systemic disease) 5. Significant psychiatric history: a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe depression. 6. History of psychosis or psychiatric hospitalization, suicidal ideation or attempt.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02484937