NCT04261309: BACE-N

BACk Pain in Elders in Norway (BACE-N)

Completed Last updated 23 February 2024

What this trial tests

trial testing Usual care in Back Pain in 452 participants. Completed in 15 March 2022.

Timeline

15 January 2017

Primary endpoint
15 March 2022

15 March 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Oslo Metropolitan University
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	452
Start date	15 January 2017
Primary completion	15 March 2022
Estimated completion	15 March 2022
Sites	1 location across Norway

Drugs / interventions tested

• Usual care

Conditions studied

• Back Pain — all drugs for Back Pain →

Sponsor

Oslo Metropolitan University

Who can join

55 and older, any sex, with Back Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

An international Consortium (BACk pain in Elders: BACE) was established in 2008 in order to create standardised methodology for large cohort studies and share data on the burden of back pain in older people. BACE cohort studies have been established in several countries with the primary objective to establish the clinical course and burden of back pain in elderly, to identify prognostic factors for chronic back pain and disability, and to explore usual care provided in primary care. The BACE-N is a BACE cohort study conducted in Norway, including a broad network of clinicians covering general practitioners, physiotherapists and chiropractors working in the primary healthcare. The BACE-N project will provide new knowledge on prognosis of back-related disability and pain in elderly people who seek help in the primary healthcare, the clinical course of back pain over two follow-up years, including a thorough description of healthcare utilisation and their costs, and prognostic factors that influence good or poor prognosis for these people.

Publications & conference data

6 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Healthcare utilization and related costs among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: findings from the BACE-N cohort study.
   Killingmo RM, Storheim K, van der Windt D, Zolic-Karlsson Z, et al · · 2022 · cited 11× · PMID 35725262 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057778
2. Modifiable prognostic factors of high costs related to healthcare utilization among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: an identification and replication study.
   Killingmo RM, Chiarotto A, van der Windt DA, Storheim K, et al · · 2022 · cited 11× · PMID 35717179 · DOI 10.1186/s12913-022-08180-2
3. Characteristics of older adults with back pain associated with choice of first primary care provider: a cross-sectional analysis from the BACE-N cohort study.
   Vigdal ØN, Storheim K, Munk Killingmo R, Småstuen MC, et al · · 2021 · cited 9× · PMID 34535487 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053229
4. Identifying latent subgroups in the older population seeking primary health care for a new episode of back pain - findings from the BACE-N cohort.
   Grøndahl LK, Axén I, Stensrud S, Hoekstra T, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38216905 · DOI 10.1186/s12891-024-07163-0
5. Two-years clinical course of pain intensity and symptom satisfaction for latent classes in older adults with back pain.
   Sannes AC, Kretz L, Pripp AH, Vigdal ØN, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41430679 · DOI 10.1186/s12891-025-09442-w
6. Development, internal and external validation of a prognostic model for symptom dissatisfaction among older adults with a new episode of back pain.
   Sannes AC, Feller D, Pripp AH, Chiarotto A, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40850922 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102318