# Selecting Effective Combinations of Treatment for Low Back Pain

> **NCT03520387** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 16 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Low Back Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Lumbar medial branch nerve radiofrequency ablation (LRFA)
- **PROCEDURE:** Simulated LRFA with targeted steroid injections
- **BEHAVIORAL:** AcTIVE-CBT
- **BEHAVIORAL:** TBSCE

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03520387
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-11-15
- **Primary completion:** 2020-06-30
- **Final completion:** 2020-08-30
- **Target enrollment:** 16 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03520387

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03520387, "Selecting Effective Combinations of Treatment for Low Back Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03520387. Licensed CC0.

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