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TENS Treatment Plus Ibuprofen for the Treatment of Acute Back Pain in the ED

NCT02611583 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2017-05-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients presenting to the ED with a chief complaint of acute low back pain and whom the providing physician feels symptomatic treatment is appropriate in the ED will be screened for inclusion in the study. The purpose of the study is to compare Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) as an adjunct to ibuprofen in the treatment of acute low back pain in the emergency department. Therefore, the aim of this prospective, randomized, double blind study is to evaluate the efficacy of ED administered TENS in acute low back pain patients during their ED visit.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

TENS

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul G Dominici, MD · Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-24
Primary Completion
2016-06-24
Completion
2016-06-24

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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