Durability of Yoga for Veterans With Low Back Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07053787
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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)
Chronic low back pain is a prevalent condition among VA patients, but many current treatment options have side effects or limited effectiveness. Veterans with chronic low back pain (cLBP) experience increased disability, functional challenges, and reduced quality of life. A prior VA funded study of Yoga for VA patients with cLBP found that yoga can reduce pain and disability at 3 and 6 months after enrollment. However, the long-term effects and maintenance of yoga practice is unknown. The current study will test an intervention designed to promote long-term yoga practice and long-term health outcome benefits at 12 and 18 months after enrollment.
Study details
- Official title
- Durability of Yoga for Treating Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Standard Yoga
- Behavioral: Enhanced Yoga
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2026-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2031-06-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * VA patients * Diagnosis of chronic low back pain \> 3 months * Pain rated 4/10 or higher * No new pain treatments in the past month * Willing to attend intervention * Complete 5 assessments * Respond to text assessments * Practiced yoga \< 3x in the last 6 months * Unless medically necessary, agree to not change pain treatment during intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Back surgery within the last 1 year * Pain due to specific systemic (e.g., scleroderma, fibromyalgia) or non-musculoskeletal problem (neuropathy) * Positive Romberg test (with or without sensory neuropathy) * Severe vertebral disk problems, sciatica or nerve compression \>3 months * Serious or unstable psychiatric illness (e.g., unmanaged psychosis, manic episode, or substance dependence) * Serious coexisting medical illness (e.g., cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), body mass index (BMI)\> 40)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07053787