Status:
COMPLETED
Antibiotic Treatment to Patients With Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
The Back Research Center, Denmark
Conditions:
Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
A large proportion of patients with Low Back Pain (LBP) (80 %) are classified as "non-specific", due to the lack of a patho-anatomical diagnosis. This term is not satisfactory, since it implies uncert...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 18-65 years
- Previous lumbar herniated disc confirmed by MRI
- Time since lumbar disc herniation more than 6 months less than 2 years
- LBP in the area of L1 to L5, with an added Low Back Pain Rating Scale of 6 or more
- The present MRI shows Modic changes
- Positive Springing test (SPT) at the level of Modic changes
Exclusion
- Allergy against antibiotics
- The Beck Depression Inventory \>7,
- Pregnancy
- Breast feeding
- All Kidney diseases
- Pending workers litigation or pension
- Danish as second language
- Fertile women who do not user safe anti conseption
- Reduced liver functions
- Reduced liver function due to previous treatment wiht amoxicillin/clavulanasid.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
162 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00302796
Start Date
March 1 2006
End Date
October 1 2009
Last Update
May 27 2010
Active Locations (1)
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The Back Research Center
Ringe, Denmark, 5230