TerminatedNCT00652236Updated Apr 3, 2008

Cost of Long Term Disability in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain

An observational study in Low Back Pain, sponsored by Klinik Valens. Terminated at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 55 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-04-03.

Sponsored by Klinik Valens · Observational

Why this study was terminated

Study was terminated according the study protocol end of 2007

Study type: Observational
Model: Case-control
Time perspective: Retrospective
Enrollment: 174
Ages: 20 Years to 55 Years
Sex: All

Study summary

The purpose of the study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a function-centred treatment (FCT) compared with a pain-centred treatment (PCT) in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) in an in-patient setting. Follow-up lasted three years. Direct and indirect costs were recorded by questionnaires sent to health insurances, employers and Swiss Disability Insurance Company.

Conditions studied

Low Back Pain

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Keywords

Low back pain
Economics
Cost-effectiveness

In context

Back Pain

2,373 studies on the registry are indexed under Back Pain; 284 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 174 is above the median of 100 across 357 observational studies indexed under Back Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Klinik Valens is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible: 20 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible: All
Accepts healthy volunteers: No
Sampling method: Non-probability sample

Study population

Tertiary rehabilitaton centre

Inclusion criteria

Chronic low back pain, sick leave of 6 weeks during the last 6 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

not able to perform a training program

Study design

Observational model: Case-control
Time perspective: Retrospective
Enrollment: 174 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

FCT
Patients passing a function- centred rehabilitation
Other: Physiotherapy
PCT
Patients passing a pain-centred rehabilitation
Other: Physiotherapy

Interventions

OtherPhysiotherapy
The two groups passed an in-patient rehabilitation and a physiotherapy: FCT function-centred vs. PCT pain-centred

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

cost- effectiveness
Time frame: 3 year follow-up

Study locations

1 site

Rehabilitationszentrum Klinik Valens
Valens, SG CH- 7317, Switzerland

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026

No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 3, 2008, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Registry details

Key details

Study ID: NCT00652236
Lead sponsor: Klinik Valens
Collaborators: University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
First posted: Apr 3, 2008
Start date: Jan 2006
Primary completion: Dec 2007
Completion: Feb 2008
Last update: Apr 3, 2008

Study contacts

Stefan Bachmann, MD

principal investigator · Rehabilitationszentrum Klinik Valens

Oversight

Data monitoring committee: No

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