The Safety and Efficacy of 5% Lidocaine Patch and Flurbiprofen Patch for Relieving Acute Low Back Pain

Summary

This is a prospective, randomized, single blinded, two-arm, head to head study. The purpose of this study is: * To evaluate and compare the efficacy of 5% lidocaine patch and flurbiprofen patch for treatment of acute low back pain. Determining the effect of the 5% lidocaine patch and flurbiprofen patch for improving functional disabilities and in reducing pain resulting from acute low back pain. Efficacy will be determined by the level of pain relief (as measured by the Numerical Rating Scale, NRS), decrease in analgesics, improved quality of life (as measured by the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, ODQ, and core outcome measures index questionnaire, COMI), pain interference with function (as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory-Interference scale, BPI-QoL), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2(SF-MPQ-2), general health status (as measured by the EQ5D), Overall treatment effect (OTE), physical exam from baseline up to 1-Months.

Timeline

Start

2017-06-14

Primary completion

2021-03-31

Completion

2021-06-30

Publications

• Background Coste J, Lefrancois G, Guillemin F, Pouchot J; French Study Group for Quality of Life in Rheumatology. Prognosis and quality of life in patients with acute low back pain: insights from a comprehensive inception cohort study. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Apr 15;51(2):168-76. doi: 10.1002/art.20235.
• Background Mick G, Correa-Illanes G. Topical pain management with the 5% lidocaine medicated plaster--a review. Curr Med Res Opin. 2012 Jun;28(6):937-51. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2012.690339. Epub 2012 May 24.
• Background Bolten W. The pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and comparative efficacy of flurbiprofen LAT. Br J Clin Pract. 1994 Jul-Aug;48(4):190-5.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.