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Durability of Yoga for Veterans With Low Back Pain

NCT07053787 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 176

Last updated 2025-08-13

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Summary

Chronic low back pain is a prevalent condition among VA patients, but many current treatment options have side effects or limited effectiveness. Veterans with chronic low back pain (cLBP) experience increased disability, functional challenges, and reduced quality of life. A prior VA funded study of Yoga for VA patients with cLBP found that yoga can reduce pain and disability at 3 and 6 months after enrollment. However, the long-term effects and maintenance of yoga practice is unknown. The current study will test an intervention designed to promote long-term yoga practice and long-term health outcome benefits at 12 and 18 months after enrollment.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Yoga

Weekly hatha yoga for 12 weeks augmented by home practice guided by yoga instructional videos.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Yoga

Weekly hatha yoga for 12 weeks augmented by home practice guided by yoga instructional videos ... plus six weekly 50-minute 1-on-1 coaching sessions starting week 10 of the standard yoga intervention and ending week 15 (3 wks after end of standard yoga). During this transition, participants are supported with development and execution of their plan for continuing their yoga practice. Participants will be offered 1 additional ad-hoc coaching session to help them re-start yoga if they get off track and/or experience major life events such as moving, job change, medical issues, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Erik J. Groessl, PhD BA BS · VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2030-12-01
Completion
2031-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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