Comparison of CAM and Conventional Mind-Body Therapies for Chronic Back Pain

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

Although national expenditures on back pain treatments have increased substantially over the past decade, the health and functional status of persons suffering from back pain has deteriorated. This trial will evaluate the effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness, of a safe and relatively inexpensive "mind-body" therapy that has the potential to provide relief to some of the millions of Americans who continue to suffer from chronic back pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01467843

Run by

Kaiser Permanente

People needed

342

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-13

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• clinical Diagnosis of Low Back Pain lasting at least 3 months
• pain of at least 4 on a 0-10 bothersomeness scale

You may not qualify if…

• do not currently have back pain
• current back pain episode less then 3 months in duration
• current back pain is only reported as mild in dysfunction and symptoms (i.e., less than a score of 7 on the 0-23 modified Roland Scale or a bothersomeness score lower than 4 on a 0-10 scale);
• sciatica
• underlying systemic or visceral disease
• pregnancy
• abdominal aneurisms
• spondylolisthesis
• discitis
• spinal stenosis
• spinal infections
• cancer or unexplained weight loss
• recent vertebral fracture
• current or past participation in classes or therapies closely resembling our MBSR or CBT interventions for chronic pain
• have physical problems that won't allow them to do yoga (i.e., gross obesity, severe pain when bending or twisting, unable to get up and down from the floor)
• involved with litigation or compensation claim for back pain
• evidence of severe or progressive neurologic deficits
• radiculopathy
• fibromyalgia diagnosis
• rheumatoid arthritis
• back surgery within the last 2 years
• unstable medical or severe psychiatric conditions
• unable to speak or read English
• unable to hear
• plan to move out of town

Where it is running

• Group Health Cooperative — Seattle, Washington, United States

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