Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Coordinated Interprofessional Care Pathway on Disability in Patients With Chronic and at Risk of Chronic Low Back Pain in Primary Care
Active, not recruitingNot applicableNCT05531201
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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)
Low back pain is a public health problem with major individual and socio-economic repercussions. In primary care, strong disparities are observed in the management of low back pain patients. While general practitioners (GPs) and physiotherapists appear as two essential first-line caregivers, collaboration between these professionals remains underdeveloped, most often characterized by a lack of consultation or coordination. Systematic increased interprofessional collaboration is likely to improve the results of the care pathway, by optimizing the existing care offer.
Study details
- Official title
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Coordinated Interprofessional Care Pathway on Disability in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain and Patients at Risk of Chronic Low Back Pain in Primary Care: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: collaboration general practitioner and physiotherapist
- Sponsor
- CNGE Conseil
- Start date
- 2023-02-15
- Primary completion
- 2026-01-20
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Adult patients between the ages of 18 and 65 * Patients consulting their GP for a first or new eisode of acute low back pain (more than 12 months from the previous one) with a STarT Back screening tool score greater than 3. * OR low back pain at risk of chronicity (presence of yellow flags, according to the recommendation of the High Health Authority (HAS) of 2019 * OR recurrent low back pain: in the event of recurrence of low back pain within 12 months after the previous episode, then considered to be at risk of chronicity * OR having chronic low back pain (low back pain for more than 3 months) * Patients benefiting from the general social security system * Patients who understand and speak French fluently * Patients who have given their consent after having received complete information on the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Minor patients * Pregnant women (declared pregnancy) or immediately postpartum (up to 3 months) * Patients with "red flags" (serious neurological impairment, cancer, infection, fracture or inflammatory disease), according to the 2019 HAS recommendation * Patients referred immediately for imaging or specialist advice during the first consultation with the GP (suspicion of underlying pathology) * Patients with no history of acute low back pain, at low risk of chronicity (STarT Back screening tool score less than or equal to 3) * Patients with a contraindication to rehabilitation by physiotherapy * Patients who have already undergone spine surgery * Patients with cognitive impairment * Patients whose life expectancy is less than 12 months * Patients under guardianship or curatorship, under judicial protection or safeguard of justice * Patients not affiliated to the general social security system * Patients with difficulties in understanding the French language * Patients with an inability to give express consent
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05531201