IMPACt-LBP, an NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Trial, enrolled its first study participant this week. Congratulations to the IMPACt-LBP study team for reaching this important project milestone!

Co-led by investigators at Duke University and Dartmouth University, IMPACt-LBP is a cluster randomized trial of a multidisciplinary collaborative team approach for low back pain versus usual care. In the intervention arm, patients with a primary complaint of low back pain are referred to physical therapists and chiropractic doctors as first-line providers. The study will determine whether receiving first-line care from these “primary spine practitioners” improves physical function, decreases pain and opioid prescriptions, improves patient satisfaction, and decreases costs and utilization of healthcare services.

Learn more about IMPACt-LBP in this interview with investigators Christine Goertz, Adam Goode, and Rishi Chakraborty. The study was awarded continuation to the UH3 implementation phase last summer.

IMPACt-LBP is supported within the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, with additional support from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.