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Chronic low back pain: patients' experiences, opinions and expectations for clinical management. Disabil Rehabil. 2007 Dec 30;29(24):1899-909. doi: 10.1080/09638280701189895. Epub 2007 May 4."}, {'pmid': '2961994', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Frymoyer JW. Back pain and sciatica. N Engl J Med. 1988 Feb 4;318(5):291-300. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198802043180506. No abstract available.'}, {'pmid': '16550447', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'van Tulder M, Becker A, Bekkering T, Breen A, del Real MT, Hutchinson A, Koes B, Laerum E, Malmivaara A; COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for the Management of Acute Low Back Pain in Primary Care. Chapter 3. European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care. Eur Spine J. 2006 Mar;15 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S169-91. doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-1071-2. No abstract available.'}, {'pmid': '18727454', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Cabitza P, Randelli P. 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Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1996 Dec 15;21(24):2833-7; discussion 2838-9. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199612150-00004.'}, {'pmid': '18177783', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Henschke N, Maher CG, Refshauge KM. A systematic review identifies five "red flags" to screen for vertebral fracture in patients with low back pain. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;61(2):110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.013. Epub 2007 Aug 27.'}, {'pmid': '24085590', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Vitale DC, Piazza C, Sinagra T, Urso V, Cardi F, Drago F, Salomone S. Pharmacokinetic characterization of tizanidine nasal spray, a novel intranasal delivery method for the treatment of skeletal muscle spasm. Clin Drug Investig. 2013 Dec;33(12):885-91. doi: 10.1007/s40261-013-0137-2.'}, {'pmid': '8615503', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Miettinen TJ, Kanto JH, Salonen MA, Scheinin M. The sedative and sympatholytic effects of oral tizanidine in healthy volunteers. 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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;2003(2):CD004252. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004252.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'Open label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study with two parallel groups of patients', 'detailedDescription': 'This is a phase III, open label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study with two parallel groups of patients.\n\nTizaspray® 0.5 mg (a new pharmaceutical form, liquid nasal spray solution), is proposed in this trial as a ready to use treatment for short term therapy of painful muscle spasms as the acute low back pain.'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '65 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': "Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Age between 18 and 65 years old\n2. Average low back pain intensity moderate to severe (≥ 60 mm in the VAS) at Visit 1\n3. Positivity to Schober test (i.e. measure \\< 5 cm) at Visit 1\n4. 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Use of fluvoxamine or ciprofloxacin, or other inhibitors of CYP1A2 such as antiarrhythmics (amiodarone, mexiletine, propafenone), cimetidine, fluoroquinolones (enoxacin, pefloxacin, norfloxacin), rofecoxib, oral contraceptives, and ticlopidine\n12. Use of hypnotics or other CNS depressants\n13. Blood pressure \\<100/70 mmHg\n14. History of lumbar spinal stenosis, fibromyalgia, or ankylosing spondylitis\n15. Severe scoliosis\n16. More severe pain in a region other than the lower back\n17. Acute low back pain associated with chills or fever\n18. Pregnancy, breast feeding\n19. Treatment with another investigational agent within the last 30 days\n20. 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