Status:

COMPLETED

Thiocolchicoside Injection and Capsule in Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Sanofi

Conditions:

Low Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

To assess two regimens of thiocolchicoside injection and capsule in combination with either diclofenac or ibuprofen in patients with acute low back pain.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of acute low back pain of recent onset (less than 7 days) and defined by spontaneous pain intensity at rest more than or equal to 50mm of the visual analog scale.
  • Presence of lumbar muscular contracture

Exclusion

  • Acute low back pain due to vertebral collapse or neoplastic, inflammatory (ankylosing spondylitis), or infective origins
  • Patients with psychiatric or mental diseases, or unable to follow the requests of the protocol
  • Renal failure (serum creatinine \> 160 µmol/l or \> 1.80 mg/dl) and/or severe hepatic dysfunction (alanine aminotransferase and/or aspartate aminotransferase and/or total bilirubin \> 2 Upper normal limit).
  • Positive history of cerebro-vascular accidents or myocardial infarction in the six months prior the inclusion.
  • Severe heart failure.
  • Myopathy / myasthenia.
  • Patients treated during two days prior to inclusion with steroidal agents.
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to thiocolchicoside.
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • History of active peptic ulcer or gastro intestinal bleeding.
  • History of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs induced allergic asthma.
  • Concomitant treatment with 2-agonists (i.e. clonidine).
  • Pregnant or breast feeding women.
  • Females of child bearing potential, not taking adequate contraception.
  • Patients with history of alcohol, drugs or narcotics abuse.
  • Previous inclusion in this study or in another study in the past 6 months.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

183 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00917436

Start Date

December 1 2004

End Date

July 1 2005

Last Update

January 15 2010

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Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office

Mumbai, India