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GLA:D Back Canada - a Program for Chronic and Persistent Low Back Pain

GLA:D Back Canada - a Program for Persistent Low Back Pain.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06924671
Enrollment
2200
Registered
2025-04-11
Start date
2021-06-18
Completion date
2027-06-01
Last updated
2026-04-13

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

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low Back Pain

Brief summary

GLA:D Back is a program developed in Denmark to help people with persistent low back pain. This study will assist in contextualizing Danish content into an English version of the program.

Detailed description

GLA:D Back is a program developed in Denmark to help people with persistent low back pain. Unfortunately, all materials developed for the program are in Danish. In this pilot, the investigators will translate the Danish materials into English, then use them to conduct an English training session for community clinicians in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Interested clinicians will then implement the program in their communities and provide feedback to contextualize the program for use in English. Specifically, surveys, interviews and focus groups will be used to help fine-tune the printed content of the course (e.g. manuals), it's training materials (e.g. lectures) and processes related to REDCap data collection (e.g. surveys).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGLA:D Back

GLA:D Back is a 10-week program based on first-line recommendations of patient education and structured exercise taught in a group format.

Sponsors

University of Alberta
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must have persistent low back pain of at least 1 month's duration.

Exclusion criteria

* Participating currently in a supervised exercise or rehabilitation program or enrolled in another interventional clinical trial. * Patients with nerve root involvement, suspected serious pathology, unstable trauma to the spine, aspects of pregnancy or other conditions that would prevent participation or disallow trial completion within the prescribed time period. * Persons with conditions that require a specialist consult are suspected of needing a specialist consult, or have conditions that would be aggravated or worsened if treated by the interventions in this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Implementation6 monthsNumber of clinicians who implement the program

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patients enrolled6 monthsNumber of patients trained by each GLA:D clinician

Countries

Canada

Contacts

CONTACTErin McCabe, PhD
emccabe@ualberta.ca780-492-5983

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 14, 2026