# The METRIC Study Protocol

> **NCT05986370** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières** · enrollment: 112 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Low-back Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** lumbar spinal manipulative therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** sham spinal manipulative therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** full spine spinal manipulative therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05986370
- **Lead sponsor:** Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2023-10-25
- **Primary completion:** 2025-09-29
- **Final completion:** 2026-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 112 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05986370

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05986370, "The METRIC Study Protocol". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05986370. Licensed CC0.

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