Diagnosis of Bone Metabolism in Patients With Inexplicable Lower Back Pain
Active, not recruitingNCT05801848
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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 goal of this study is to determine if static or dynamic \[18F\]NaF PET/CT (positron emitting tomography) can identify the source of lower backpain in at least 20% of the patients experiencing lower backpain, yet could not be diagnosed from MRI or CT scans.
Study details
- Official title
- Diagnosis of Bone Metabolism in Patients With Inexplicable Lower Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Diagnostic test: [18F]NaF PET/CT scan
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
- Collaborators
- Herlev Hospital
- Start date
- 2023-03-05
- Primary completion
- 2025-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Denmark
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Over 18 years * Chronic lower back pain with no concrete diagnosis after MRI and/or CT * Under the the care of Rigshospitalets centre for Rheumatology and Spine Disease Exclusion Criteria: * previous operation in the lower back area * Known inflammatory related illness or progressive rheumatism
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05801848