Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Tizaspray® Versus Sirdalud®, in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain

Summary

Open label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study with two parallel groups of patients

Timeline

Start

2016-10

Primary completion

2017-01

Completion

2017-02

Publications

• Background Liddle SD, Baxter GD, Gracey JH. 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.
• Background Frymoyer JW. Back pain and sciatica. N Engl J Med. 1988 Feb 4;318(5):291-300. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198802043180506. No abstract available.
• Background 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.
• Background Cabitza P, Randelli P. Efficacy and safety of eperisone in patients with low back pain: a double blind randomized study. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2008 Jul-Aug;12(4):229-35.
• Background Gorska J. [Effects of back pain treatment with tizanidine]. Ortop Traumatol Rehabil. 2005 Jun 30;7(3):306-9. Polish.
• Background Malanga GA, Dennis RL. Use of medications in the treatment of acute low back pain. Clin Occup Environ Med. 2006;5(3):643-53, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.coem.2006.03.002.
• Background Bernstein E, Carey TS, Garrett JM. The use of muscle relaxant medications in acute low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 Jun 15;29(12):1346-51. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000128258.49781.74.
• Background Von Korff M, Saunders K. The course of back pain in primary care. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1996 Dec 15;21(24):2833-7; discussion 2838-9. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199612150-00004.
• Background 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.
• Background 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.
• Background Miettinen TJ, Kanto JH, Salonen MA, Scheinin M. The sedative and sympatholytic effects of oral tizanidine in healthy volunteers. Anesth Analg. 1996 Apr;82(4):817-20. doi: 10.1097/00000539-199604000-00024.
• Background Berry H, Hutchinson DR. Tizanidine and ibuprofen in acute low-back pain: results of a double-blind multicentre study in general practice. J Int Med Res. 1988 Mar-Apr;16(2):83-91. doi: 10.1177/030006058801600202.
• Background Fryda-Kaurimsky Z, Muller-Fassbender H. Tizanidine (DS 103-282) in the treatment of acute paravertebral muscle spasm: a controlled trial comparing tizanidine and diazepam. J Int Med Res. 1981;9(6):501-5. doi: 10.1177/030006058100900613.
• Background Hennies OL. A new skeletal muscle relaxant (DS 103-282) compared to diazepam in the treatment of muscle spasm of local origin. J Int Med Res. 1981;9(1):62-8. doi: 10.1177/030006058100900111.
• Background van Tulder MW, Touray T, Furlan AD, Solway S, Bouter LM. Muscle relaxants for non-specific low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;2003(2):CD004252. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004252.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.