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Registration number
ACTRN12615000884505
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
3/07/2015
Date registered
24/08/2015
Date last updated
24/08/2015
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
A pilot study of the effects of the SacroFix Brace (SB) on pain, disability and emotional state in patients with pelvic girdle pain (SB2014).
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Scientific title
A pilot study of the effects of the SacroFix Brace (SB) on pain, disability and emotional state in patients with pelvic girdle pain (SB2014).
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Secondary ID [1]
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Pelvic girdle pain
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Condition category
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Musculoskeletal
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Other muscular and skeletal disorders
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Reproductive Health and Childbirth
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Other reproductive health and childbirth disorders
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Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation
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Occupational therapy
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Six week observation of patients fitted with the SacroFix Brace for management of pelvic girdle pain (PGP).
SacroFix compression shorts provide a general supportive compression to the whole of the pelvic girdle whilst producing targeted compression to either the Sacroiliac joints or the Symphysis pubis.
Duration of use is a minimum of 4 hours per day, but not during the night. The total duration of the intervention is 6 weeks. Participants will be required to record device usage in a daily diary which will be returned to the clinic upon completion of the study.
Participants will attend the clinic for fitting of the brace, estimated to take approximately 45 minutes.
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Devices
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Comparator / control treatment
No control group is used for this pilot study.
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Pain as assessed by numerical rating scale (NRS)
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline questionnaires will be issued prior to being fitted with the brace. Following this, follow up questionnaires will be scheduled at 3 and 6 weeks after baseline. The primary endpoint assessments will take place at the 3 week timepoint.
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Primary outcome [2]
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Disability as assessed by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
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Assessment method [2]
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Baseline questionnaires will be issued prior to being fitted with the brace. Following this, follow up questionnaires will be scheduled at 3 and 6 weeks after baseline. The primary endpoint assessments will take place at the 3 week timepoint.
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Primary outcome [3]
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Emotional state as assessed by Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 41 (DASS41)
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Assessment method [3]
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Baseline questionnaires will be issued prior to being fitted with the brace. Following this, follow up questionnaires will be scheduled at 3 and 6 weeks after baseline. The primary endpoint assessments will take place at the 3 week timepoint.
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Pain as assessed by numerical rating scale (NRS)
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline questionnaires will be issued prior to being fitted with the brace. Following this, follow up questionnaires will be scheduled at 3 and 6 weeks after baseline. The secondary endpoint assessments will take place at the 6 week timepoint.
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Disability as assessed by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
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Assessment method [2]
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Baseline questionnaires will be issued prior to being fitted with the brace. Following this, follow up questionnaires will be scheduled at 3 and 6 weeks after baseline. The secondary endpoint assessments will take place at the 6 week timepoint.
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Emotional state as assessed by Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 41 (DASS41)
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Assessment method [3]
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Baseline questionnaires will be issued prior to being fitted with the brace. Following this, follow up questionnaires will be scheduled at 3 and 6 weeks after baseline. The secondary endpoint assessments will take place at the 6 week timepoint.
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
-PGP equal to or grater than 4/10 on NRS
-Increased pain or effort on ASLR test
-Pain reduced with compression of the pelvis
-Pain on one side of the posterior pelvis +/- pubis region
-Male or Female
-Age 18 to 40 years
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
40
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
-Patients with pain increased with compression of the pelvis
-Participants below 18 years of age and above 40 years
-Pregnant women in 3rd trimester of pregnancy
-Inflammatory arthritis
-Unable to self fit the shorts
-Unable to read/understand English
- Known allergy to either Lycra and/or Meryl material
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Intervention assignment
Single group
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
31/07/2015
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
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Sample size
Target
50
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,VIC
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Commercial sector/Industry
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Name [1]
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SpineCorporation Ltd
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Address [1]
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Millennium House
Peak Business Park
Foxwood Road
Chesterfield S41 9RF
Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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Country [1]
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United Kingdom
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Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
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Name
SpineCorporation Ltd
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Address
Millennium House
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Chesterfield S41 9RF
Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Individual
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Name [1]
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Dr. Bruce Mitchell
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Address [1]
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Metro Pain Group
Level 1 544 Hawthorn Road,
Caulfield South Victoria 3162
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Australia
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Bellberry Ltd
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Ethics committee address [1]
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129 Glen Osmond Rd Eastwood SA 5063
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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22/07/2015
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Ethics approval number [1]
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2014-12-690
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Summary
Brief summary
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction (SIJD) and Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PRPGP) can be grouped together under the heading of ‘Pelvic Girdle Pain’ (PGP) which makes up part of the generic ‘Low Back Pain’ (LBP) group. As a main pain source it is reported to account for between 10% and 30% of all nonspecific LBP. The cost to an industrialized country, from PGP, is significant (USA alone in the region of $10 to $60 billion a year). Treatment for SIJD and PRPGP tends to encompass either/and pain relieving modalities (acupuncture, pain medication, use of pillows and belts) and exercise. The overall evidence on the outcome of these modalities is poor. The use of pelvic belts has developed from biomechanical studies that have shown that the external forces from a belt can help increase the ‘force closure’ of the pelvis. Another important aspect is the position of the belt with greater stability being produced on the pelvis with the belts being positioned higher, just below the anterior superior iliac crests, as opposed to the symphysis pubis. The product being investigated is the SpineCor SI Brace (SSIB). The SSIB consists of a unique design of compressive shorts with an integrated belt that allows a variable amount and direction of compression to be applied to the pelvic girdle. It was felt that a more comfortable and biomechanically effective design could help this patient group. The hypothesis of this study is that the use of the SacroFix brace will result in a reduction in pain and disability and an improvement in the emotional state of patients suffering with pelvic girdle pain.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Dr Bruce Mitchell
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Address
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Metro Pain Group Level 1 544 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South Victoria 3162
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 3 9595 6111
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Email
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Contact person for public queries
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Adele Barnard
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Metro Pain Group Level 1 544 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South Victoria 3162
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Adele Barnard
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Address
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Metro Pain Group Level 1 544 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South Victoria 3162
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