Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain and Its Mechanism of Action (YoMA)

NCT ID: NCT01739140

Last Updated: 2019-11-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-12-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-12-31

Brief Summary

This is a study to better understand how a yoga intervention helps improve symptoms in people with chronic low back pain. This study will be a 12-week intervention of about 24 participants with chronic low back pain where all individuals will receive weekly yoga classes and instructions for home practice. The purpose of this study is to collect feasibility data and to conduct preliminary analyses in preparation for a larger planned NIH study.

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Yoga

Study Participants will receive: 12 weekly yoga classes, a book and a home practice audio recording.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

Yoga

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Chronic low back pain lasting > 3 months
• Back pain that is rated at least 3 on a numeric pain rating scale that ranges from 0 to 10 (0-no pain, 10 worst pain imaginable).
• English language fluency

Exclusion Criteria

• BMI > 40
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Recent diagnosis of abdominal aneurism
• Recent diagnosis of metastatic cancer
• Recent diagnosis of discitis
• Recent diagnosis of disk disease
• Recent diagnosis of spinal stenosis
• Recent diagnosis of spondylolisthesis
• Recent diagnosis of infectious cause of back pain
• Recent diagnosis of fracture of vertebra
• Recent diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
• Recent diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
• Recent diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis
• Recent diagnosis of paralysis
• Pregnancy
• Prior or planned back surgery
• Blindness or severe vision problems
• Deafness or severe hearing problems
• Bipolar or manic depression and not taking medication
• Major depression
• Psychoses (major)
• a substance abuse condition
• Dementia
• Unable to get up and down from the floor
• Involvement in a lawsuit related to back pain
• Lack of transportation
• Other disabling chronic conditions (e.g., disabling heart or lung disease, diabetic neuropathy, receiving treatment for hepatitis)
• Currently (within the past 3 months) using yoga classes for more than 15 minutes per week
• Inability to be contacted by phone or email
• no computer access
• schedule does not allow for participation in classes/home practice
• planning to move out of town or take a long vacation during the period of the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Bowes Fund for Innovative Research

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Sarah Corey, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

University of California, San Francisco's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

San Francisco, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

UCSFCHR12-09424

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id