Acute Non-specific Low Back Pain Clinical Trial
Official title:
Observational Study of Effectiveness and Safety of Add-on Milgamma® and Milgamma® Compositum Step-Therapy in Routine Practice of Management of Adult Patients With Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain Receiving Modern NSAIDs
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of add-on Milgamma®/ Milgamma® compositum step-therapy in patients with acute non-specific low back pain receiving modern NSAIDs in routine medical practice.
This is a multi-centre observational prospective study that was planned for assessment the effectiveness of neurotropic vitamins therapy with Milgamma®/ Milgamma® compositum in combination with modern NSAIDs (preferential/selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors) in patients with acute non-specific back pain. Approximately 500 adult out-patients with acute non-specific low back pain who have been prescribed therapy consisting of (1) modern NSAIDs (preferential/selective COX-2 inhibitors) or (2) modern NSAIDs (preferential/selective COX-2 inhibitors) + Milgamma® / Milgamma® compositum will be enrolled in the study. Each patient will be observed over a period of approximately 94 days. 9 visits/phone contacts are planned to be conducted during this period. Information about patient's condition, pain intensity, pain flare-ups, satisfaction with the treatment, patient's disability, therapy used for acute back pain treatment, data on safety will be collected during these contacts. Pain intensity will be measured with Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), patients' disability will be evaluated with Roland Morris disability questionnaire, patients' satisfaction with the treatment will be assessed with 5-point verbal rating scale. Safety assessment will be based on frequency and severity of adverse drug reactions recorded during the study. Prior to the start of the study, neurologists (potential investigators) will be asked to fill out feasibility questionnaires to identify their individual routine practice regarding prescription or non-prescription of Milgamma® / Milgamma® compositum. Based on results of feasibility physicians will be divided to non-prescribers and prescribers of Milgamma® / Milgamma® compositum to the patients with acute non-specific low back pain. In each medical institution, such non-prescribers and prescribers will be proposed to participate in the study. Non-prescribers will be responsible for enrolling group (1) (NSAIDs alone), prescribers will be responsible for enrolling group (2) (NSAIDs + Milgamma® / Milgamma® compositum). ;