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Clinical Trials/NCT04433299
NCT04433299
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Back Pain - Linking Phenotype to Pain Mechanism and Outcome.

Balgrist University Hospital1 site in 1 country150 target enrollmentNovember 1, 2019
ConditionsLow Back Pain

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Sponsor
Balgrist University Hospital
Enrollment
150
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
measures for central sensitization
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

To investigate whether different clinical, psychophysical and neurophysiological phenotypes can be identified among low back pain patients

Detailed Description

Low back pain patients will fill in a detailed questionnaire (incl. pain drawing) about their pain. Some of them will undergo a standardized quantitative sensory testing protocol and an fMRI procedure.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
November 1, 2019
End Date
July 31, 2025
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Balgrist University Hospital
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • primary complaint: low back pain clinically not attributable to red flags

Exclusion Criteria

  • any major medical or psychiatric condition that affects pain sensitivity
  • contraindications to MRI

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

measures for central sensitization

Time Frame: baseline

temporal summation and conditioned pain modulation

spatial pain extent

Time Frame: baseline

spatial pain extent (body map)

Secondary Outcomes

  • changes in measures for central sensitization(changes from baseline to 3 months)
  • changes in spatial pain extent(changes from baseline to 3 months)

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