Veterans Response to Dosage in Chiropractic Therapy
CompletedNot applicableNCT04087291
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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 evaluates how Veterans with chronic low back pain (cLBP) respond to varying doses of chiropractic therapy and how health services utilization are impacted as a result. There are 2 phases in this study. In Phase 1, half of participants will be randomized to receive a low dose (1-5 visits) of chiropractic care for 10 weeks, while the other half will be randomized to receive a higher dose (8-12 visits) for 10 weeks. At the end of Phase 1, participants in each group will be randomized again to receive either chronic chiropractic pain management (CCPM) (1 scheduled chiropractic visit per month x 10 months) or no CCPM for 10 months.
Study details
- Official title
- VERDICT (Veterans Response to Dosage in Chiropractic Therapy): A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Addressing Dose Effects for Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Patient Acceptance of Health Care
- Veterans Health
- Interventions
- Other: Chiropractic Care
- Sponsor
- Palmer College of Chiropractic
- Collaborators
- Yale University; University of Iowa; Dartmouth College; VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Iowa City VA Health Care System; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH); Duke University
- Start date
- 2021-02-22
- Primary completion
- 2025-05-20
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 4
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Veterans aged ≥ 18 years * Self-reported cLBP * Has low back related pain and disability * Able to comprehend study details without need for a proxy * Diagnostic confirmation of neuromusculoskeletal LBP * Willing and able to attend up to 1 year of outpatient chiropractic visits Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition prohibiting or contraindicating chiropractic care * Inability to complete outcomes and/or provide informed consent as determined by the site SC during the consent process * Established plans to move within 3 months * Under active chiropractic care * No phone * No email address * Participating in another study investigating treatment(s) for pain * Current or planned hospice care * Current or planned pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04087291