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Withdrawn Not applicable Interventional

TENS Treatment Plus Ibuprofen for the Treatment of Acute Back Pain in the ED

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02611583

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Official title

Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Treatment Plus Ibuprofen for the Treatment of Acute Back Pain in the Emergency Department

Brief summary

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Patients presenting to the ED with a chief complaint of acute low back pain and whom the providing physician feels symptomatic treatment is appropriate in the ED will be screened for inclusion in the study. The purpose of the study is to compare Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) as an adjunct to ibuprofen in the treatment of acute low back pain in the emergency department. Therefore, the aim of this prospective, randomized, double blind study is to evaluate the efficacy of ED administered TENS in acute low back pain patients during their ED visit.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02611583
Recruitment status
Withdrawn
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
Not listed

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jun 23, 2016
Primary completion
Jun 23, 2016
Completion
Jun 23, 2016
Last update posted
May 9, 2017

2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19141 —

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