Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Chris J McCarthy
ORCID ID
Contact details
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)161 2765035
christopher.j.mccarthy@man.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0453160074
Study information
Scientific title
The effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound in the treatment of lumbar nerve root pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound in patients with low back pain and nerve root pain compared to a placebo control.
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
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet
Condition
Lumbar nerve root pain
Intervention
Double blind randomised control trial comparing a course of 8 treatments of TU with a placebo course of 8 sham TU sessions.
Intervention type
Procedure/Surgery
Phase
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/12/2004
Overall trial end date
01/12/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
30 patients with LBP and nerve root pain
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
30
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/12/2004
Recruitment end date
01/12/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals
Manchester
M13 9WL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
NHS R&D Support Funding (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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary