An interventional study of Interventional video and Control video in Low Back Pain, sponsored by Bern University of Applied Sciences. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-09.
Sponsored by Bern University of Applied Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
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Among 46 studies in Low Back Pain with a site in Switzerland — 8 open to participants now, 8 under way, none of them phase 3. Low Back Pain · Switzerland.
Among the 46 studies in Low Back Pain with a site in Switzerland, this one is the 3rd largest by enrollment of the 31 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 8 that started in 2023, is one of 26 with no phase, and was the 39th registered.
2,923 studies on the registry are indexed under Low Back Pain; 579 are open to participants now.
Browse Low Back Pain studies →8 of the 46 studies in Low Back Pain with a site in Switzerland are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:
Guillaume Christe · Sites in Switzerland
Ages 18+
Bern University of Applied Sciences · Sites in Switzerland
Ages 18+
Claudio Perret · Sites in Switzerland
Ages 18–65
Stephane ARMAND · Sites in Switzerland
Ages 18–65
University Hospital, Geneva · Sites in Switzerland
Ages 18+
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Of the 332 Low Back Pain studies recruiting now, 92 (28%) set no upper age limit and 210 (63%) stop at 75 or younger; 8 take children under 18; 46 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.
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46 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 2003; this study’s year is marked. 8 started in 2023.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's enrollment of 237 is above the median of 60 across 2,364 interventional studies indexed under Low Back Pain.
Median enrollment 102 across the 31 interventional studies, 105 across the 15 observational. Of the 35 that completed or were terminated, 2 (6%) have results posted.
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4 of 46 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
Bern University of Applied Sciences is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
Bern University of Applied Sciences has 3 studies filed under Low Back Pain — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
None of the studies under way reaches primary completion within a year.
Among the 46 studies in Low Back Pain with a site in Switzerland, from their registry updates:
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In the current study we aim to evaluate the effects of a short educational video on improving the belief that "the back is fragile and needs to be protected" among the German speaking Swiss general population. We hypothesize that a short video education program can positively change the assessed back belief among the German speaking general population of Switzerland.
To evaluate the outcomes, we will use the 10-item version of the Back Pain Attitude Questionnaire (Back-PAQ). The primary outcome is the second question of the Back-PAQ-10 ("You could injure your back if you are not careful"). The secondary outcome of this study is the total score of the Back-PAQ-10.
The design of the present study is a two-group randomized controlled trial, with one intervention and one control group in a 1:1 allocation.
This study will be conducted in collaboration with HESAV (Haute Ecole de Sante Vaud). The research group at the HESAV has developed an educational website in 2020, called "www.infomaldedos.ch". The website aims to educate people on low back pain, and common unhelpful beliefs about the back - primarily targeting the belief about the fragility of the back and the need for its protection - are addressed. In the current study we are going to translate the above-mentioned website to the German language. Furthermore, we are going to assess the quality and applicability of a short video intervention among the general population, using one of the videos from the website.
Participants will be recruited through social media and emails. A link will be created to the questionnaire and the educational video with LimeSurvey. A 'randomizer' built-in function will be used to blindly split people into intervention or control group. The link will be spread on social media platforms and through email. To induce a snowball sampling method, all participants will be asked to send the link further.
The length of the video intervention is 3 minutes. In the video, health care professionals, such as a psychologist, a medical doctor, a professor, and physiotherapist interviewed by a scientist explains the burden of LBP, how unhelpful beliefs affect treatment outcome, difficulties in the management of LBP and the optimal way of treating LBP. The scientist then inquires a representative patient about their own experiences of the management of LBP. At the end of the video the scientist encourages people to exercise despite LBP by performing various movements.
The control group will receive a neutral video about the back, selected from YouTube.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants receive an educational video on back beliefs and its contributing factors.
Other: Interventional video
Participants receive a neutral video about the back (e.g. anatomy of the back).
Other: Control video
The educational video comprises of health care professionals explaining the durability of the back against the popular belief that the back is fragile and the multifactorial nature of back pain.
The control video is a neutral video with no content addressing back beliefs (fragility and need for protection).
Sentiments about back vulnerability
The primary outcome is the second question of the Back-PAQ-10 ("You could injure your back if you are not careful")
Time frame: One minute
Total Back-PAQ-10 score
The secondary outcome of this study is the total score of the German version of the Back-PAQ-10.
Time frame: Three minutes
Plan to share: No
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Ran from Nov 2023 to primary completion in Jul 2024, 8 months.
Of 1,231 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Low Back Pain, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 26. This study's 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,286 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 27.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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