Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data (BOLD)

Completed

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

The overall objective of BOLD is to establish a large, community-based registry (at least 5000 subjects) of patients aged 65 years and older presenting with new episodes of healthcare visits for back pain. BOLD's primary aim is to create an infrastructure that allows for the conduct of prospective, controlled studies comparing the effectiveness of diagnostic and treatment strategies for back pain in older adults.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01776242

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

5239

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-12-05

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age >= 65 years
• Primary care visit for low back pain based on ICD9 code
• No prior visits for low back pain within six months

You may not qualify if…

• Prior lumbar spine surgery
• Developmental spine deformities
• Inflammatory spondyloarthropathy
• Known spinal malignancy or infection
• Primarily nerve compression-related symptoms
• Serious medical co-morbid condition with life expectancy < 1yr
• No telephone, or planning to move within a year
• Unable to understand English
• Severe mental impairment that would interfere with answering questions

Where it is running

• Kaiser-Permanente of Northern California — Oakland, California, United States
• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Henry Ford Health System — Detroit, Michigan, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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