Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain With Transcutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation at the Emergency Department: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Conditions:
Acute Back Pain
Emergency Department Patient
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Acute low back pain is a frequent cause of emergency department admissions (4.39% \[95% CI: 3.67-5.18\])1. Drug therapeutic options are limited and ineffective. Paracetamol and opioids are no better t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients admitted to the emergency department and aged over 18 years with pain (EN \> 3) related to acute low back pain.
- The lumbar region is defined as the anatomical area between the costal margin and the gluteal fold.
- Acute low back pain is defined by the World Health Organisation, and by part of the literature, as a low back pain that appeared less than 6 weeks ago.
Exclusion
- Refusal to participate in study, refusal to sign informed consent
- Consent is impossible to obtain (cognitive impairment, language barrier, etc.)
- Patients with low back pain lasting more than \> 6 weeks
- Pregnant women
- Patient requiring immediate medical attention (vital distress).
- Patient already treated with a TENS
- Patient with a body temperature \> 38°C
- Patient known to have a spinal infection
- Lumbar pain linked to trauma
- Patient with known systemic or spinal rheumatological disease
- Patient with a known systemic inflammatory disease
- A patient with a known chronic pain condition such as fibromyalgia
- Patient with pain radiating into the lower limb along the course of one of the following nerves (L3-L4-L5- S1)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 15 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 15 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
250 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07183176
Start Date
September 15 2025
End Date
September 15 2026
Last Update
September 19 2025
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