# Comparative Effectiveness Study for Surgery vs. Non-Surgery in Patients With Low Back Pain

> **NCT02883569** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Seoul National University Hospital** · enrollment: 1102 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Low Back Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** open or endoscopic discectomy
- **PROCEDURE:** epidural block
- **OTHER:** exercise
- **DRUG:** ibuprofen, naxoprofen, Cox-2 inhibitor, aceclofenac
- **PROCEDURE:** decompression
- **PROCEDURE:** instrumentation and fusion
- **DRUG:** codeine, oxycontine, IRcodone, Tramadol
- **PROCEDURE:** epidural adhesiolysis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02883569
- **Lead sponsor:** Seoul National University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-09
- **Primary completion:** 2020-12
- **Final completion:** 2021-12
- **Target enrollment:** 1102 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-12

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02883569

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02883569, "Comparative Effectiveness Study for Surgery vs. Non-Surgery in Patients With Low Back Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02883569. Licensed CC0.

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