Trial of Inserting Prevalence Information Into Lumbar Spine Imaging Reports

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain, Back Pain, Lumbar Pain, Backache

In brief

The overall goal of the Lumbar Image Reporting with Epidemiology (LIRE) is to perform a large, pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a simple, inexpensive and easy to deploy intervention - insertion of epidemiological benchmarks into lumbar spine imaging reports - at reducing subsequent tests and treatments. The investigator's main hypothesis is that for patients referred from primary care providers, inserting epidemiological evidence in lumbar spine imaging reports will reduce subsequent diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, including cross-sectional imaging (MR/CT), opioid prescriptions, spinal injections and surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02015455

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

250401

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-14

Last updated by the study team

2022-02-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Imaging of lumbar spine requested by primary care provider

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 18years

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente of Northern California — Oakland, California, United States
• Henry Ford Health System — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Mayo Clinic Health Systems — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Group Health Cooperative — Seattle, Washington, United States

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