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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Ms
Odette
Dawkins
+44 (0)7500 072555
odette.dawkins@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Dr
Study team contact
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forensic@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Prof
Sashin
Ahuja
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sashin.ahuja@wales.nhs.uk
Prof
David
Beard
+44 (0)1865 737 929
david.beard@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
Low back pain
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Low back pain is common for many people and often improves without specific treatment. However, for some people their low back pain does not go away, and the use of painkillers and physiotherapy (which we call non-surgical treatment) is often successful as the first line of treatment. There has also been good research to show that this treatment is beneficial. However, this approach does not work for everyone, and some people are left with ongoing severe low back pain impacting their health, daily activities and work. Some medical professionals think that an operation called spinal fusion may help. The study aims to investigate whether treating low back pain with surgery is better than using non-surgical treatment for patients with long-standing back pain that has not responded to previous non-surgery treatment, and also whether the spinal fusion surgery is good value for money for the NHS.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Has low-back related leg pain more severe than low back pain, e.g. claudication2. Pain in any other body region more severe than low back pain3. Previous (or attempted) LFS4. Has psychiatric disorders (e.g. diagnosed personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, drug or alcohol abuse/addiction, diagnosis of severe depression).5. Radiculopathy or claudication or clinical signs of nerve decompression where the treatment plan includes offering a direct or indirect decompression along with the fusion6. Any other reasons indicated for lumbar fusion surgery (LFS), e.g. deformity, infection, tumours, instability (due to spondylolisthesis of grade 2 or above), spinal fracture, systematic inflammatory disease
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Prof
David
Beard
+44 (0)1865 737 929
david.beard@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Prof
Sashin
Ahuja
-
sashin.ahuja@wales.nhs.uk
Dr
Study team contact
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forensic@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Ms
Odette
Dawkins
+44 (0)7500 072555
odette.dawkins@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by University of Oxford and funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research.
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