# Efficacy of Antidepressants in Chronic Back Pain

> **NCT00964886** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 142 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Back Pain

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** cognitive behavioral therapy
- **DRUG:** desipramine hydrochloride
- **BEHAVIORAL:** cognitive behavioral therapy
- **DRUG:** benztropine mesylate 0.125 mg daily
- **DRUG:** desipramine hydrochloride

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00964886
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-01
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12
- **Final completion:** 2015-12
- **Target enrollment:** 142 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-11-29

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00964886

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00964886, "Efficacy of Antidepressants in Chronic Back Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00964886. Licensed CC0.

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