NCT06650410Completed
Virtual Intervention for Vertebral frActure: a Pilot, Feasibility Study for a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Spine fractures are the most common fracture due to osteoporosis. They happen during falls or activities of daily life, like bending to tie shoes. Fractures of the spine can result in pain, which can sometimes last for a long time. Spine fractures can affect breathing, appetite, digestion, and mobility, and can restrict or modify people's work or daily activities. There are no standard rehabilitation programs after spine fracture, and patients often have to pay for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation can be hard to access, especially in rural or remote locations. It can be hard to find health care or rehabilitation providers who specialize in treating spine fractures. After reviewing research and consulting patients and health care providers to understand their experiences with spine fracture rehabilitation, the research team developed a toolkit for a virtual rehabilitation program for people with spine fractures, called VIVA. The research team wants to submit a grant for a clinical trial to implement VIVA in five provinces and determine if VIVA reduces pain and improves physical functioning and quality of life, and if the benefits outweigh the costs. Before this, the team proposes to do a pilot study to test how feasible it is to do a study of VIVA in three provinces.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 34 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Sept 2024
- Start date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Primary completion date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Waterloo
- Diseases
- Osteoporosis
- NCT number
- NCT06650410
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 34
- From 28 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 26 Mar 2026
- 4 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- have cauda equina syndrome or spinal cord injury or spinal cord injury
- had a traumatic fracture (i.e., car accident); an active infection; active inflammatory arthritis with a flare up within the past two years
Other
- an inability to follow two-step commands or understand instructions and are without a caregiver to support participation
- been participating in a similar rehabilitation program for vertebral fractures delivered by a physical therapist, exercise physiologist or kinesiologist and includes exercise
- any surgeries planned or health problems that might cause their health to change significantly in the next 3 months
Who the study is looking for
- have had at least one vertebral fracture in the past two years confirmed by a radiology report
- willing to participate in once weekly virtual rehabilitation sessions for 8 weeks
- have access to internet and a smart device with a camera and microphone.
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geras Centre for Aging Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamilton | Canada | Unknown status |
| Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Unity Health Toronto Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Arthritis Research Canada Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
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