NCT06549660

PBMT in Providing Temporary Relief of Low Back Pain of Musculoskeletal Origin

Combination of Super Pulsed Lasers and LEDs (PBMT) for Adjunctive Use in Providing Temporary Relief of Minor Chronic Low Back Pain of Musculoskeletal Origin

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Nove de Julho · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of PBMT for adjunctive use in providing temporary relief of minor chronic low back pain of musculoskeletal origin. The main questions it aims to answer are: (i) Is PBMT able to decrease pain intensity in patients with chronic low back pain of musculoskeletal origin? (ii) Is PBMT able to decrease disability in patients with chronic low back pain of musculoskeletal origin? Researchers will compare active PBMT with placebo PBMT to see if active PBMT provides temporary relief of minor chronic low back pain of musculoskeletal origin.

Detailed description

To achieve the proposed objective it will be performed a randomized, triple-blinded (patients, therapists, and outcome assessors), placebo-controlled randomized study. Sixty-eight patients will be randomly allocated to two treatment groups: 1. Active treatment: Thirty-four patients will receive treatment with active PBMT. 2. Placebo treatment: Thirty-four patients will receive treatment with placebo PBMT. The treatment administration protocol will comprise: six sessions of treatment (with active or placebo PBMT, according to the previous randomization), two sessions a week, for three consecutive weeks, each procedure administration three to four days apart. The data will be collected by a blinded assessor. The study will comprise the following stages/phases: 1. Pre procedure phase activities: (a) signing of informed consent form; (b) assignment of subject identification number; (c) randomization of subject to procedure group; (d) initial study qualification evaluation. 2. Rescue pain management stabilization phase: (a) determination and recording of the individualized rescue pain management regimen; (b) VAS recording; (c) continued study eligibility evaluation. 3. Pre-procedure administration phase activities: (a) pre-procedure variables recorded; (b) recording of pre-procedure measures. 4. Procedure administration phase activities: (a) establishment of procedure administration visit schedule; (b) study procedure administration; (c) study procedure administration protocol; (d) procedure administration phase visits and evaluations. 5. Post-procedure administration phase: one-month (30±4 days) period immediately following completion of the procedure administration phase. The statistical analysis will follow the intention-to-treat principles as primary analysis, and per-protocol analysis will be secondary supportive analysis.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Active PBMT	Active with a dose of 165 J per site, resulting in a total dose of 495J.
DEVICE	Placebo PBMT	Placebo, without therapeutic dose.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-20
• Primary completion: 2025-08-20
• Completion: 2025-10-01
• First posted: 2024-08-12
• Last updated: 2024-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study