Pilot Study to Assess the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin B on Pain and Disability in Subjects With Acute Low Back Pain

Stopped early · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

This study will test the hypothesis that Botulinum toxin B (Myobloc®) treatment reduces pain and disability in subjects suffering from acute low back pain due to an identifiable muscle strain or back trauma occurring 3 to 6 weeks prior to enrollment. The study will also delineate the duration of medication effect and control for any placebo or mechanical trigger-point injection effect by employing a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled design.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00384579

Run by

United States Department of Defense

People needed

0

Starts

2008-02-01

Expected to finish

2010-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-03-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female subjects, 18 to 60 years of age, active duty military, retired military or other DOD beneficiaries eligible for care at military treatment facilities.
• Written informed consent and written authorization for use or release of health and research study information.
• Clear history of an identifiable muscle strain or trauma preceding the onset of low back pain.
• No prior history of vertebral disk disease/condition, sciatica or radiculopathy.
• Normal neurological examination without evidence of radiculopathy.
• Evidence of trigger point tenderness or muscle spasm upon palpation or EMG findings of muscle spasm.
• History of low back pain lasting 3 to 6 weeks from the time of injury or strain.
• VAS score minimum of 5 cm at time of entry into study.
• Ability to follow study instructions and likely to complete all required visits.
• Negative urine pregnancy test prior to the administration of study medication (for females of childbearing potential) (if applicable).

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18 or greater than 60.
• Not active duty.
• Concomitant use of aminoglycoside antibiotics, curare-like agents, or other agents that might interfere with neuromuscular function.
• Any medical condition that may put the subject at increased risk with exposure to Myobloc®, including diagnosed myasthenia gravis, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease, neuropathy, renal stones, or any other disorder that might interfere with neuromuscular function or produce a similar type of low back pain.
• Females who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning a pregnancy during the study, or who think that they may be pregnant at the start of the study, or females of childbearing potential who are unable or unwilling to use a reliable form of contraception during the study.
• Known allergy or sensitivity to any of the components in the study medication.
• Evidence of alcohol or substance abuse in 6 months prior to enrollment.
• Systemic medical conditions (such as thyroid disease, hypertension, bleeding disorders, diabetes, cancers, etc.) that are not currently medically managed or controlled.
• Concurrent participation in another investigational drug or device study or participation in the 30 days immediately prior to study enrollment.
• Any condition or situation that, in the investigator's opinion, may put the subject at significant risk, confound the study results, or interfere significantly with the subject's participation in the study.
• Significant Axis I or II diagnosis determined by a neurologist or psychiatrist in the 6 months prior to entry into the study.
• Duration of low back pain < 3 weeks or > 6 weeks.
• Thoracic or cervical spine pain in the absence of acute low back pain.
• Anesthetic or corticosteroid injection to the lumbosacral spine within 8 weeks of enrollment.
• Spine MRI (any region) positive for acute pathology or evidence of radiculopathy on neurological examination.
• History of back surgery within one year or incomplete resolution of back pain due to a previous injury or surgery.
• Subjects involved in litigation, seeking significant disability for low back pain, or with evident secondary gain as determined by the neurologist through chart review and subject interview.
• Any previous use of Myobloc®, Dysport®, or BOTOX®.

Where it is running

• Walter Reed Army Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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