Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Mike Rose
ORCID ID
Contact details
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust
Wirral Back Pain Rehabilitation Unit
Willow House
Bebington
Wirral
L63 4JY
United Kingdom
+44 (0)151 334 4000 ext 5013
mike.rose@whnt.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RHC11241 (N0280012932)
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To assess the effects of implementing local guidelines on back pain management consistent with the findings of recent systematic reviews.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal diseases: Spinal conditions
Intervention
Low back pain guidelines GP practices will be stratified by the number of partners and by training status. Within each stratum practices will be allocated to intervention or control arms by a central office.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/1998
Overall trial end date
01/04/2000
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
24 GP practices will be required.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
24 GP practices
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/1998
Recruitment end date
01/04/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust
Wirral
L63 4JY
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive North West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2004 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14965404
Publication citations
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Results
Dey P, Simpson CW, Collins SI, Hodgson G, Dowrick CF, Simison AJ, Rose MJ, Implementation of RCGP guidelines for acute low back pain: a cluster randomised controlled trial., Br J Gen Pract, 2004, 54, 498, 33-37.