Collaborative Care for Older Adults With Back Pain (COCOA)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Low Back Pain
In brief
The purpose of the Collaborative Care for Older Adults with Back Pain (COCOA) Clinical Trial is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and feasibility of a collaborative care model (medical and chiropractic care) through a pragmatic, prospective pilot trial conducted with 120 older adults over the age of 65 with low back pain of at least 1 month duration.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01312233
- Run by
- Palmer College of Chiropractic
- People needed
- 131
- Starts
- 2011-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-03-30
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 65 years or older
- Low back pain ≥4 on the 11-point Numerical Rating Scale
- Low back pain diagnosis consistent with Quebec Task Force (QTF) Classifications 1-9
- Ambulatory mobility status per successful completion of the Timed Up \& Go Test
- Willingness to participate in this clinical trial regardless of treatment group assignment
You may not qualify if…
- No history or current episode of low back pain
- Low back pain duration of less than 1 month
- Low back pain diagnosis consistent with Quebec Task Force Classification of 10 or 11
- Any healthcare provider treatment for low back pain in past 2 months
- Currently seeking or receiving compensation for a work-related injury or personal injury case for low back pain
- Currently seeking or applying for disability payments for any health condition
- Spine or neck surgery in the past 3 months
- Broken bone in any location in the body in the past 6 weeks
- Active carcinoma/metastatic disease or current treatment for any form of cancer
- Aortic aneurysm (or suspicion of) >5cm
- Serious concomitant illness or co-morbidity
- Alcohol or drug abuse or dependence
- Need for laboratory testing, diagnostic imaging beyond plain film x-rays or referral to a healthcare provider not associated with the study to determine a diagnosis or for necessary treatment
- Activities of daily living (ADL), mobility impairment or sensory impairment that impacts safety
- Cognitive or memory impairment
- Compliance concerns
- Nursing home residence
- No reliable transportation
- Plans to move from Quad-Cities in the next 4 months
- Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant in next 4 months in a female participant
- Enrollment in this study by another individual who currently lives in the same household as the participant
- Inability to speak (verbally comprehend), read or write in English language
- Unwillingness to avoid all forms of low back pain treatment from non-study medical doctors and chiropractors during study participation
- Unwillingness to enroll in clinical trial regardless of treatment group assignment
- Unwillingness to sign informed consent document
Where it is running
- Genesis Family Medical Center — Davenport, Iowa, United States
- Palmer College of Chiropractic — Davenport, Iowa, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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