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Back PainPhase 3NCT00761111

Could a Simple Information Booklet Modify Low Back Pain Patients Beliefs After Lumbar Discectomy?

A Phase 3 study testing Assessment of the Your Back Operation in people with Back Pain, run by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to translate and assess an evidence based educational booklet on low back pain patients beliefs after lumbar discectomy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Back Pain
What is being tested?
Assessment of the Your Back Operation
How many people
140 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Jun 2007to May 2008
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • A common monoradicular sciatica on a slipped disc with a clinical radio agreement requiring a surgical treatment, after failure of an good ambulatory treatment carried out, one duration of evolution higher than four weeks at naive subjects of any rachidian intervention

Who cannot join

  • People presenting a cruralgia, a secondary sciatica (epiduritis, osseous metastasis...) or without relationship with a slipped disc (spinal stenosis), an lesion biradicular, an horse tail syndrome, an important motor deficit (muscular testing < 3)
  • Cognitive, auditive, major visual disorders or any subject which does not have a good comprehension of spoken French and/or writing, or having recourse to a third for reading and supplementing a document
  • Subjects presenting a peripheral neuropathy, a severe and evolved diabetes, a cardiac insufficiency, dialysed subject
  • People observing a treatment which included psychotropics for more than three months (other that light hypnotic) because of the disturbances of vigilance and memory

About this study

The purpose of this study is to translate and assess an evidence based educational booklet on low back pain patients beliefs after lumbar discectomy.

Read the detailed description

A translation / back-translation of the Your back operation was performed and a before / after prospective study was realized. Main outcome assessment was the Quebec Questionnaire. Demographic data, personal medical sciatica pain history, graduation of the whole subject were recorded. Acceptability of the booklet was also measured.

Conditions
Back Pain
Being tested
Assessment of the Your Back Operation
Keywords
information booklet, low back beliefs, education, disc hernia, discectomy, A common monoradicular sciatica, on a slipped disc, with a clinical radio, agreement requiring a surgical treatment, carried out, one duration, of evolution higher, than four weeks, at naive subjects, of any rachidian interventional treatment, after failure of an good ambulatory
Medical subject headings
Back Pain

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Assessment of the Your Back OperationBehavioural

    to translate and assess an evidence based educational booklet on low back pain patients beliefs after lumbar discectomy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Quebec Questionnaire

    Measured: after lumbar discectomy

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. FABQ Questionnaire

    Measured: after lumbar discectomy

  2. Rachidian and radicular painful intensity

    Measured: after lumbar discectomy

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Sep 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2007
  3. Primary completionMay 2008 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
140 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00761111
Sponsor's protocol ID
CHU63-0023
Status last verified
Oct 2008
First submitted
22 Aug 2007
Last updated
8 Oct 2008
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Claus D, Coudeyre E, Chazal J, Irthum B, Mulliez A, Givron P. An evidence-based information booklet helps reduce fear-avoidance beliefs after first-time discectomy for disc prolapse. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2017 Apr;60(2):68-73. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2015.10.008. Epub 2016 Jan 6.

    PubMed 26776321

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Assessment of the Your Back Operation in people with Back Pain, run by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Oct 2008. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Quebec Questionnaire (time frame: after lumbar discectomy). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00761111, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Oct 2008.

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