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Physiotherapist-Led Care for Back Pain

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Recruiting

Led By Jordan Miller, PhD

Research Sponsored by Jordan Miller, PT, PhD

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Adults (19 years and over) with low back pain of any duration who are seeking primary care for back pain at a participating site (primary care visit may be a first or repeat visit).

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 6-week, 12-week, 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month follow-up

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Study Summary

This trial will test a new primary care model for back pain that involves physiotherapists. It will evaluate the impacts of this model on individuals and the healthcare system in Canada.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults over 19 with low back pain seeking primary care at a participating site. It's not for those who can't consent, don't understand English, or have cancer-related back pain.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study compares a new physiotherapist-led primary care model against usual care to see how it affects individuals and the healthcare system in managing low back pain.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves physiotherapy rather than medication, side effects may include temporary increased discomfort or muscle soreness following treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am an adult seeking care for low back pain at a participating site.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6-week, 12-week, 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month follow-up

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6-week, 12-week, 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month follow-up

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6-week, 12-week, 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month follow-up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Adverse Events

Catastrophic Thinking

Depressive Symptoms

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Secondary outcome measures

Access to Physiotherapy Services

Costs

Education Provided by Health Care Provider

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Other outcome measures

Baseline characteristics

Comorbidity

Participant Treatment Fidelity

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Physiotherapist-led primary care model for back painExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The index intervention will incorporate a PT within the primary care team and make them available at the first point of contact for people with low back pain. There will be 4 key components of this intervention: 1) Initial assessment and screening; 2) Brief individualized intervention at first visit; 3) Health services navigation; 4) Providing additional PT care for people with an unmet need (e.g., no insurance coverage for PT).

Group II: Usual careActive Control1 Intervention

The physician-led primary care intervention will be unstandardized to best reflect standard clinical practice in Canada. This usually includes a visit to a primary care physician, who would perform a history and physical examination, provide LBP education, order diagnostic imaging, prescribe medications and/or refer based on their assessment findings and patient preferences.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Physiotherapist-led primary care model for back pain

2017

N/A

~100

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Jordan Miller, PT, PhDLead Sponsor

2 Previous Clinical Trials

308 Total Patients Enrolled

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV

1,341 Previous Clinical Trials

26,451,153 Total Patients Enrolled

Jordan Miller, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorQueen's University

7 Previous Clinical Trials

1,273 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Physiotherapist-led primary care model for back pain Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04287413 — N/A

Lower Back Pain Research Study Groups: Physiotherapist-led primary care model for back pain, Usual care

Lower Back Pain Clinical Trial 2023: Physiotherapist-led primary care model for back pain Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04287413 — N/A

Physiotherapist-led primary care model for back pain 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04287413 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What aims is this clinical investigation aiming to fulfill?

"This trial seeks to evaluate the impacts of an intervention on Health Related Quality of Life over several follow-up points. Secondary objectives include measuring health care utilization with linked IC/ES data, EMRs and tracking referrals made to other healthcare providers."

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Are there still openings for those interested in participating in this clinical trial?

"The clinicaltrials.gov database reveals that this trial is not actively recruiting new participants at the moment, despite being first posted on January 15th 2023 and last updated as recent as August 11th 2022. Nevertheless, there are 332 other trials with open recruitment currently available for consideration."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Determining the Impact of a New Physiotherapist-led Primary Care Model for Low Back Pain

Jordan Miller, PT, PhD 2023. "Determining the Impact of a New Physiotherapist-led Primary Care Model for Low Back Pain". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04287413.

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