Benefit of Lumbar Bracing for Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Degenerative Disc Disease
CompletedNot applicableNCT03484403
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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 main objectives of this study are to evaluate the benefits of back bracing in the symptomatic management of patients with CLBP due to degenerative lumbar disc disease. The plan is to study patients with uncomplicated CLBP without symptoms of radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication. The secondary objectives of the study are to evaluate if a back brace provides any additive benefit to usual care consisting of exercise and patient education in patients with CLBP due to degenerative disc disease. Specific Aim 1. To evaluate the effectiveness of back brace to improve pain and patient-reported functional measures in patients with uncomplicated CLBP due to degenerative disc and degenerative joint disease without associated symptoms of neurogenic claudication or lumbosacral radiculopathy. Hypothesis 1. Back brace in addition to usual care will provide statistically significant improvement in pain and functional measures compared to usual care alone. Specific Aim 2. To evaluate the adherence to back brace wear instructions in patients with uncomplicated CLBP due to degenerative disc and degenerative joint disease without associated symptoms of neurogenic claudication or lumbosacral radiculopathy Hypothesis 2. Patients with CLBP, due to degenerative disc and degenerative joint disease without associated symptoms of neurogenic claudication or lumbosacral radiculopathy, who are prescribed a back brace, will demonstrate clinically acceptable rates of adherence to brace wear instructions.
Study details
- Official title
- Benefit of Lumbar Bracing for Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Degenerative Disc Disease
- Conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Lumbar Spondylosis
- Low Back Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Lumbar back brace
- Behavioral: Back school
- Sponsor
- Dallas VA Medical Center
- Collaborators
- Aspen Medical Products
- Start date
- 2015-12-14
- Primary completion
- 2019-09-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 85 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of lumbar degenerative disc disease or joint disease * Low back pain \> 6 weeks * Uncomplicated low back pain without symptoms of pain radiating below the knee Exclusion Criteria: * Lumbar radiculopathy * Neurogenic claudication * Spondylolisthesis with instability * Previous lumbar spine surgery * Recent (\<1 year) brace use or physical therapy program * No active psychiatric illness
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03484403