Group Medical Visits and Chiropractic Care for Older Adults With Chronic Spine Pain

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Study ID
NCT06632535
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Chronic Pain
  • Musculoskeletal Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
65 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Chiropractic care — OTHER
    Chiropractic treatment will involve a personalized treatment plan within the context of a general care protocol administered by a chiropractor at the Osher Clinical Center for Integrative Health. The treatment plan will be customized to the patient's clinical needs following the current evidence and clinical practice guidelines.
  • Group medical visits — OTHER
    Participants will simultaneously enroll in virtual group medical visits with group discussion, practice based learning, and curricular themes pertaining to chronic pain management, healthy aging, and pillars of lifestyle medicine.

Study Details

Chronic spine pain is one of the most common and conditions in adults over the age of 65. Treatments for pain that are non-pharmacologic (do not use over-the-counter or prescription drugs) are recognized as some of the most important to study. Chiropractic care has shown to be effective at reducing chronic pain, and growing research supports the use of group visit programs for the management of chronic pain. There is reason to believe that combining the two could enhance the benefit previously demonstrated by these treatments individually. There are no studies that have examined the combined delivery of chiropractic care and group visit programs for adults over the age of 65. The investigators plan assess the feasibility of treating adults over the age of 65 with chronic spine pain with chiropractic care and a group visit program. A battery of biopsychosocial outcomes will be collected to inform a more definitive trial.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 1, 2025
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Oct 5, 2026
Completion
Oct 5, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Combined chiropractic care and group medical visits
    Participants will attend 8 weekly chiropractic visits (40-minutes for initial visit, 20-minutes for remaining 7). Participants will simultaneously enroll in 8 weekly 90-minute virtual group medical visits.

Primary Outcome Measure

Recruitment [ Time Frame: Prior to intervention initiation ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

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MassGeneralBrighamBostonMassachusetts02215-

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