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NCT03474068
Characteristics of Back Pain Callers
trial in Back Pain in 7,120 participants. Completed in 31 July 2017.
31 July 2017
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Teesside University |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 7,120 |
| Start date | 1 August 2016 |
| Primary completion | 31 July 2017 |
| Estimated completion | 31 July 2017 |
Conditions studied
- Back Pain — all drugs for Back Pain →
Sponsor
Teesside University
Who can join
16 and older, any sex, with Back Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Back pain is experienced by approximately 80% of the population during their life. However, only a small minority (\<1%) will have a medical condition (such as Cauda Equina Syndrome) which requires immediate medical intervention. Currently, it is not known how many people access Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in an attempt to meet their needs for their back pain. The demand on EMS is increasing and many of these patients could be better managed by other services. Additionally, little is known about the characteristics of those accessing EMS due to back pain, or the nature of the contacts regarding issues such as outcome of the patient contact. The aims of this study are: 1. to quantify the prevalence of people contacting EMS via telephone with non-traumatic back pain 2. to describe the characteristics of people calling EMS with non-traumatic back pain 3. to describe key characteristics of the contact between the service user and EMS 4. to compare the call prevalence, patient characteristics and contact characteristics between people with non-traumatic back pain and a group of people for whom EMS contact is recommended as standard, in this case people presenting with cerebrovascular accident (CVA). A secondary aim of the work is to explore what factors might predict patient outcomes such as whether the patient is transported to A/E, whether the patient receives analgesics, and whether the patient is admitted to hospital.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Ambulance service use by patients with lower back pain: an observational study.
Capsey M, Ryan C, Alexanders J, Martin D. · · 2022 · cited 7× · PMID 35340575 · DOI 10.29045/14784726.2022.03.6.4.11
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03474068 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Teesside University
- Last refreshed: 3 December 2018
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