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Study of the Contribution of Osteopathic Treatment to Classic Medical Management in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Study of the Contribution of Osteopathic Treatment to Classic Medical Management in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03836248
Enrollment
199
Registered
2019-02-11
Start date
2019-10-02
Completion date
2028-09-01
Last updated
2026-03-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Keywords

Osteopathic treatment, Sham osteopathic treatment, Low back pain

Brief summary

The management of chronic low back pain is now part of a multi-disciplinary set of proposals with the aim of adapting for each patient orientations of both medicated and non-medicated care. Very classically, analgesic treatment of stage I or II is of use, reinforced by the occasional use of NSAIDs in the absence of contraindication. In this medical attempt of the control of the pain associates a physical care (supervised exercises, physiotherapy care), cognitive and behavioral therapy, multidisciplinary care. Osteopathic treatment is a specific manual diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. This study aims to evaluate the relevance of providing osteopathic treatment in combination with classical medical treatment in the management of patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

Detailed description

The primary objective is to show that the addition of osteopathic treatment to classical medical treatment decreases pain for patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. This goal will be evaluated at 3 months by comparing * the 3-month change in the level of pain observed in arm 3 (classical medical treatment + osteopathic treatment) versus that observed in arm 1 (classical medical treatment), and * the 3-month change in the level of pain observed in arm 3 (classical medical treatment + osteopathic treatment) versus that observed in arm 2 (classical medical treatment+ sham osteopathic treatment ).

Interventions

5 osteopathic treatment sessions lasting 20 to 40 minutes. Each session include diagnosis according to the specific methodology "geometric model of osteopathy" and treatment of necessary elements and a control of osteopathic treatment at the end of the session.

5 sham osteopathic treatment sessions lasting 20 to 40 minutes. Each session include diagnosis according to the specific methodology "geometric model of osteopathy" and only contacts for no intent to treat. At the end of the session a control of the sham osteopathic treatment is performed.

OTHERCurrent practice Medication treatment

Analgesic medication of level 1 or a combination of level 1 and 2. Acetaminophen 1 g x 3 / day Ibuprofen 400mg x 3 / day

Sponsors

Clinique Pasteur
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

Prospective monocentric study randomized into three parallel arms.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient with chronic non-specific low back pain: degenerative lumbalgia and low back pain unrelated to anatomical lesions that have been evolving for more than 3 months. * Patient affiliated with a social security scheme or equivalent * Patient having signed the study informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with specific low back pain: patient with one of the following pathologies: degenerative neurological pathology; infectious pathology; fracture vertebral lesion less than 1 year; vertebral osteosynthesis material or canal narrowing. * Patient following a treatment of the Morphinic or Neuroleptic type. * Pregnant, breastfeeding or parturient woman * Patient participating in another clinical study * Protected patient: Major under some form of guardianship ; Hospitalized without consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pain VAS Visual Analog ScaleChange from baseline to 3 monthsThe primary outcome is the change in the VAS score on a 0-100 mm scale between Day 0 (before the placement of any osteopathic manipulations for Arm 3 ( or sham osteopathic treatment for Arm 2) and J90 ( after the last osteopathic treatment session for Arm 3 (sham osteopathic treatment for Arm 2)).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Oswestry scoreBaseline, Day 15, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 6The efficacy of functional and quality of life therapies will be assessed through the self questionnaire: the Oswestry questionnaire.
Hand-Ground Distance and Schöber testBaseline, Day 15, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 6The efficacy of functional and quality of life therapies will be assessed through functional clinical examinations (Hand-Ground Distance and Schöber test )
Pain VAS , level improvementBaseline, Day 15, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 6The improvement of the pain level will be objectified by the measurement of the variation of the VAS score.
Relief Numerical scaleDay 15, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 6The intensity of relief will be objectified by measuring the variation of the "relief" score on a numerical scale. Numeric Scale Cotation between 0% (No Relief) to 100%(Full Relief)
Drug consumptionBaseline, Day 15, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 6Drug consumption will be collected by patients using a patient diary and converted to DDD ( Defined Daily Dose).
Adverse eventDay 15, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 6Adverse events will be collected and analyzed for each arm.
Elements of the osteopathic diagnosisDay 1, Day 7, Day 15, Month 1 Month 2The elements of the osteopathic diagnosis will be collected by the treating osteopaths at the beginning and at the end of each treatment. Exploratory outcome, osteopathic diagnosis will be assessed by an internal osteopath questionnaire specifying anatomical localization of identified dysfunctions.

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTBarthélémy De Truchis de Varennes, MD
bdetruchis@clinique-pasteur.com+ 33 5 62 21 35 36
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORBarthélémy De Truchis de Varennes, MD

Clinique Pasteur

STUDY_CHAIRFrançois Djabaku, DO
STUDY_CHAIRBarthélémy De Truchis de Varennes, MD

Clinique Pasteur

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026