Comparing Non-Medicine Strategies for Improving Low Back Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07679178
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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 goal of this clinical trial is to help veterans manage high-impact chronic pain (HICP) in the lower back. The trial will use a program, ENCompaSS (Education, Navigated Care, and Supported Self-Management) designed to reduce pain more than usual care alone. Researchers will assess a) the impact of ENCompaSS, b) identify which veterans benefit the most, and c) how this program can be delivered more broadly in other clinics and health systems. What Will Happen: Veterans in this clinical trial will be randomly placed into one of two groups. ENCompaSS group (intervention): * Have at least three phone calls with a trained clinician over about 12 weeks * Watch short online videos about managing pain * Complete surveys before the study and again at 2, 4, 6, and 12 months Usual Stepped Care group: * Will continue with regular care * Complete the same surveys at the same time points
Study details
- Official title
- Comparing Strategies to Improve Non-Pharmacologic Pain Relief for Adults With Back Pain (The ENCompaSS Trial)
- Conditions
- Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)
- High-Impact Chronic Pain (HICP)
- Interventions
- Other: ENCompaSS (Education, Navigated Care, and Supported Self-Management) with VA Stepped Usual Care
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Collaborators
- Durham VA Medical Center; Indiana University; University of Arizona; Dallas VA Medical Center
- Start date
- 2026-10
- Primary completion
- 2029-07-31
- 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: * Be age 18 years old or older * Have a VA outpatient clinic visit for low back pain within the previous 30 days * Be enrolled in a participating primary care clinic * Have high impact chronic pain per Graded Chronic Pain Scale (most days or every day on first 2 items) * Valid telephone access * Ability to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Are currently hospitalized or residing in a nursing home * Have cognitive impairment or lack of decision-making capacity * Have a serious mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, recent psychiatric hospitalization, high risk suicide flag) * Are unable to communicate by telephone or have no telephone access
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07679178