Chronic low back pain is pain that lingers in the lower back for 12 weeks or longer, often without rest or over the counter medication making much of a dent. It’s one of the most common reasons adults miss work, skip activities they love, or struggle to get through an ordinary day. Unlike an injury that heals on its own timeline, chronic lower back pain frequently has no single identifiable cause, which is exactly what makes it so hard to treat with a one size fits all approach.
Because standard care doesn’t work for everyone, chronic low back pain clinical trials play a critical role in testing new investigational medications that may offer relief where physical therapy, injections, or over the counter options have fallen short. This is one of several chronic low back pain clinical trials Lucida supports across Massachusetts. By joining a clinical trial in chronic low back pain, participants help researchers understand how a new treatment performs, while also gaining access to study related care and close monitoring from a dedicated research team.



