Digitally Delivered Treatments to Reduce Chronic Low Back Pain
RecruitingNot applicableNCT06984354
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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 aims to evaluate the effectiveness of pain education and clinical hypnosis delivered via a mobile app compared to a guideline-informed factsheet for reducing pain and disability in people experiencing chronic low back pain attending general practice.
Study details
- Official title
- NOTUS Trial: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Digitally Delivered Treatment Options for Chronic Back Pain
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Chronic Pain (Back / Neck)
- General Practice (GP), Primary Care Settings
- Digital Health
- Hypnosis, Chronic Pain Management
- Patient Education
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Pain education and clinical hypnosis delivered via a mobile app
- Behavioral: Guideline-informed factsheet
- Sponsor
- Neuroscience Research Australia
- Start date
- 2025-06-02
- Primary completion
- 2027-05-26
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Australia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Experiencing non-specific chronic low back pain (LBP), defined as pain between the 12th rib and the buttock crease. * LBP with or without leg pain (in case of leg pain, LBP is worse than leg pain). * Currently consulting with a general practitioner for their non-specific chronic LBP across Australia. * Mean pain intensity score on the Numeric Rating Scale ≥ 3/10 in the past week. * A score of at least moderate on question 8 of the physical functioning component of the SF-36 questionnaire. * Access to a mobile device with minimal requirements to download the study app (300MB). * An internet connection to access the mobile app functionalities. * Able to understand English via reading and audio materials. Exclusion Criteria: * Known or suspected specific spinal (e.g., radiculopathy, fracture) or specific non-spinal non- (e.g., tumour, infection) pathology. * Less than six months post-spinal surgery. * Scheduled for major surgery during the program or the follow-up period. * Known or suspected serious psychiatric condition not being treated by a health professional that would impact adherence to the trial activities. * Known or suspected sight or hearing problems that would limit access to the intervention components (reading and listening using headphones).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06984354