Spinal Manipulation and Patient Self-Management for Preventing Acute to Chronic Back Pain
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Official title
Spinal Manipulation and Patient Self-Management for Preventing Acute to Chronic Back
Brief summary
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This is a study of adults with acute low back pain flare-up at risk of becoming chronic and disabling. The study tests how well spinal manipulation and guided selfcare work compared to standard medical care. The treatments last up to eight weeks and participants will be followed for one year.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03581123
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 1,000 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Supported-Self Management (SSM) Behavioral
- Spinal Manipulation Therapy (SMT) Other
- SMT + SSM Combination Product
- Standard Medical Care (SMC) Drug
Behavioral · Other · Combination Product + 1 more
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Oct 31, 2018
- Primary completion
- Jun 11, 2024
- Completion
- Jun 11, 2024
- Last update posted
- Oct 15, 2025
2018 – 2024
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55455 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15219 | — |
| University of Washington | Seattle | Washington | 98195 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 15, 2025 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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