Active clinical trials for "Back Pain"

The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with celecoxib and pregabalin together would prove to be more effective in relief of pain than treatment with celecoxib alone in people who have chronic low back pain with a probable neuropathic component.

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of tapentadol hydrochloride prolonged release in subjects suffering from severe chronic low back pain (LBP) who are taking WHO Step III analgesics and show lack of tolerability. This is a clinical effectiveness trial designed to establish a link between anticipated clinical outcomes and the clinical practice by means of selected measures of clinical and subject-reported outcome. The trial will compare the effectiveness of previous analgesic treatment (WHO Step III) with that of tapentadol hydrochloride prolonged release treatment during defined periods of evaluation.

The purpose of the study is to determine whether the combination of the the three drugs gabapentin, duloxetine, and donepezil are effective in treating pain in people with diabetic neuropathy or patients with failed low back syndrome (chronic back pain).

This study will test the hypothesis that Botulinum toxin B (Myobloc®) treatment reduces pain and disability in subjects suffering from acute low back pain due to an identifiable muscle strain or back trauma occurring 3 to 6 weeks prior to enrollment. The study will also delineate the duration of medication effect and control for any placebo or mechanical trigger-point injection effect by employing a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled design.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the acute and chronic efficacy of spinal cord stimulation using the Precision implantable neurostimulation device with the Artisan paddle electrode in patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) and associated primary or secondary back or lower extremity pain. There are significant numbers of patients with FBSS who have moderate to severe drug refractory pain. An optimal outcome will demonstrate that the Precision SCS device has significant effectiveness in reducing this pain resulting in improved quality of life and functional capacity.

Lumbar spinal fusion is commonly performed as a "last resort" in patients with chronic low back pain caused by degenerative changes and instability of the spine. The aim of this study is to compare two fusion devices, which are used in spinal surgery in order to promote the fusion of two lumbar vertebrae.

The purpose of this prospective, multi-center, randomized, triple-blind, sham-controlled study with parallel economic evaluation is to test the analgesic superiority of BurstDR-SCS compared to sham stimulation using both traditional patient-reported pain outcome measures and objective physiologic data collected from patient-worn biosensors. The endpoints associated with these objectives will be studied across a follow-up period of 6 months.

This research study plans to evaluate if multifidus muscle dysfunction is associated with back pain in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Discogenic pain is pain originating from a damaged vertebral disc and be caused by inflammation, dehydration of the nucleus pulposus, decreased disc height, annular tears and impaired mechanical function of the disc.Non-operative treatment may include traction, steroid therapy, methylene blue injection and ablative therapy. However, there are few high quality studies evaluating these treatments for reducing discogenic low back pain and most clinical trials failed to detect significant differences between treatments and placebo therapies. Hence, there remains an unmet clinical need.

This research aims to assess the cross-cultural validity and reliability of the German version of the Back-PAQ (Back-PAQ_G) within the German-speaking Swiss population. The target population for this study includes individuals with and without back pain and primary care healthcare professionals. This includes physicians, physiotherapists, and nurses. The participants will be asked to fill out the Back-PAQ_G and similiar questionnaires online.