Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03532230
Cost Effectiveness of OMT for Chronic Low Back Pain
Prospective, Multi-center, Cohort Study of the Cost Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 146 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Rowan University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 84 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The specific aim of this study is to conduct a prospective, multicenter cohort study over four months to compare the cost of standard of allopathic care (control group, N=90) versus standard of care plus osteopathic manipulative treatment (experimental group, N=90) in a cohort of 180 consecutive patients seeking treatment for chronic low back pain at three osteopathic clinics and three allopathic medical clinics (offering only standard care) located in three different regions of the United States.
Conditions
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lesion of Sciatic Nerve, Left Lower Limb
- Lesion of Sciatic Nerve, Right Lower Limb
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Lumbar Spondylosis
- Lumbago With Sciatica, Left Side
- Lumbago With Sciatica, Right Side
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) | No specific OMT techniques will be required for the present study. However, data on the number of OMT sessions patients receive will be collected. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-03-22
- Primary completion
- 2020-02-28
- Completion
- 2020-02-28
- First posted
- 2018-05-22
- Last updated
- 2020-05-04
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03532230. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.