Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:13 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:13 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02524158
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Has a VA primary care provider
* Diagnosis of chronic low back pain \> 6 months
* Willing to attend a yoga program or be assigned to delayed treatment with yoga
* Willing to complete 4 assessments
* English Literacy
* Has not begun new pain treatments or medications in the past month
* Willing to not change pain treatments (e.g., discontinue a treatment; increase medication dose) during the 12-week intervention period unless medically necessary
Exclusion Criteria:
* back surgery within the last 12 months
* back pain due to specific systemic problem (eg, lupus, scleroderma, fibromyalgia)
* morbid obesity (BMI \> 40)
* Significant sciatica or nerve compression \< 3 months or chronic lumbar radicular pain \> 3 months
* Unstable, serious coexisting medical illness (eg, CHF, cancer, COPD, morbid obesity; dementia)
* Unstable, serious psychiatric illness (e.g., unmanaged psychosis, active substance dependence)
* Insufficient data to rule out acute, metastatic disease, (unless primary care physician approves)
* Attended or practiced yoga \> 1x in the last 12 months
* Positive Romberg test (with or without sensory neuropathy)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02524158
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02524158