NCT01896687

Trial of Scrambler Therapy or Sham Treatment for Low Back Pain

A Pilot Randomized Trial of Scrambler Therapy or Sham Treatment for Persistent Nonspecific Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot study will evaluate Scrambler therapy and Sham treatment on levels of low back pain, pain sensitivity and mRNA expression of pain sensitivity candidate genes.

Detailed description

This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility of the experimental protocol and provide sufficient pilot data to estimate statistical power and sample size requirements. The study will include 30 individuals (15 per group) diagnosed with persistent low back pain who will receive a standard protocol of Scrambler therapy or sham treatment. Participant data will include subjective measures of low back pain, pain sensitivity using quantitative sensory testing, and mRNA expression levels of pain sensitivity candidate genes at baseline (prior to treatment) and 1 and 3 weeks post-treatment.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Scrambler	Electrotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2013-07-11
• Last updated: 2017-06-14
• Results posted: 2014-09-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States