NOTUS Feasibility Study: Reducing Chronic Low Back Pain With Mobile App Intervention

NCT ID: NCT06605248

Last Updated: 2025-05-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-10-08

Study Completion Date

2025-03-13

Brief Summary

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This feasibility study will investigate the feasibility of screening, recruiting, and delivering a mobile app intervention that involves pain education and clinical hypnosis to people seeking treatments for chronic low back pain (chronic LBP) in general practices in Australia.

This study aims to assess the recruitment strategy, the willingness of participants to be included in the proposed treatments, whether the intervention can be delivered as intended within the health care system and clinical setting, the adherence of participants to the proposed treatment, response rates to questionnaires, loss to the short-term follow-up, and the appropriateness and acceptability of the interventions. This feasibility study will inform possible modifications in the recruitment and treatments for the main clinical trial.

A total of 60 participants will be randomised into two treatment groups.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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App-based self-management tool plus usual care

App-based self-management tool consisting of pain education and clinical hypnosis delivered after usual care.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

App-based self-management tool plus usual care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The app-based self-management tool will be delivered after patients receive usual care from their general practitioners. The 8-week mobile app intervention will involve daily sessions on pain education and clinical hypnosis for back pain management (5 minutes, 15 minutes of listening to hypnotherapy audio and engaging in physical/social activities for 5 minutes.

Patient information digital fact-sheet plus usual care

The intervention consists of a fact-sheet delivered after usual care.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Patient information digital fact-sheet plus usual care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The face-sheet will be delivered after patients receive usual care from their general practitioners.This digital intervention will contain educational material for chronic back pain that includes details about diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options.

Interventions

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App-based self-management tool plus usual care

The app-based self-management tool will be delivered after patients receive usual care from their general practitioners. The 8-week mobile app intervention will involve daily sessions on pain education and clinical hypnosis for back pain management (5 minutes, 15 minutes of listening to hypnotherapy audio and engaging in physical/social activities for 5 minutes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Patient information digital fact-sheet plus usual care

The face-sheet will be delivered after patients receive usual care from their general practitioners.This digital intervention will contain educational material for chronic back pain that includes details about diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Experiencing chronic LBP, defined as pain in the area between the 12th rib and buttock crease accompanied or not by leg pain for a minimum duration of 12 weeks.
* LBP with or without leg pain (in case of leg pain, LBP is worse than leg pain).
* Currently attending general practice across Australia.
* Mean pain intensity score on the NRS ≥ 3/10 in the past week.
* A score of at least moderate on question 8 of the physical functioning component of the SF36 questionnaire.
* Access to a mobile device with minimal requirements to download the study app (300MB).
* Internet connection to access the mobile app functionalities.
* Able to understand English via reading and audio materials.
* Individuals who reported interest in participating in a clinical trial involving digital interventions after consultation with their general practitioners.
* Individuals whose general practitioners permitted them to receive information about the trial after the general practice consultation.

Exclusion Criteria

* Known or suspected back-specific (e.g., radiculopathy, fracture) or non-back-specific (e.g., tumour, infection) serious spinal pathology.
* Less than six months post-spinal surgery.
* Scheduled for major surgery during the program or the follow-up period.
* Known or suspected serious psychiatric condition not being treated by a health professional that would impact the adherence to the trial activities.
* Known or suspected sight or hearing problems that would limit access to the intervention components (reading and listening using headphones).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Neuroscience Research Australia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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James McAuley

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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James H McAuley, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Neuroscience Research Australia

Locations

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Neuroscience Research Australia

Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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Australia

Other Identifiers

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X23-0202 & 2023/ETH00540

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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