Preventing chronic low back pain

A randomised controlled trial to determine whether a novel psychoeducative intervention can prevent patients with recent onset low back pain from developing chronic low back pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612001180808

Acronym

PREVENT

Enrollment

202

Registered

2012-11-06

Start date

2013-08-12

Completion date

2015-12-11

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Eighty percent of adults will suffer back pain at some time during their life. More than one in three will develop chronic back pain and cost Australia about $9 billion per year. We can now identify those who will develop chronic back pain early. This project will test a new method of treating these people who are risk of chronic back pain. We predict that our short and targeted intervention will stop these people from developing of chronic back pain and this will lead to massive savings to the Australian community

Interventions

A novel psychotherapeutic intervention to be delivered by a specially trained clinician in 2 x 60 minute sessions. The 2 x 60 minute sessions will be delivered no more than 7 days apart.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. The primary complaint of pain is in the area between the 12th rib and buttock crease. This may, or may not, be accompanied by leg pain. 2. A new episode of low back pain, preceded by at least one month without low back pain. 3. The duration of current symptoms is less than 6 weeks. 4. Average pain intensity equal or more than 3/10 on numeric rating scale (NRS) during the past week. 5. The duration of current symptoms is less than 6 weeks. 6. At-risk of developing chronic LBP (at-risk status will be determined using responses to seven questions: self-rated general health, presence of leg pain, previous episodes, compensation status, current pain intensity, depressive feelings and self-perceived risk of persistence). 7. Sufficient fluency in English language to understand and respond to English language questionnaires and to engage with the psychoeducative and sham interventions.

Exclusion criteria

1. Known or suspected serious spinal pathology, nerve root compromise, previous spinal surgery. 2. Uncontrolled mental health condition (eg, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder) that precludes successful participation.

Outcome results