Funding Source: NIH/NCCIH UG3/UH3AT009761
Award Amount: $7,087,730 + 2024 Administrative Supplement ($480K ) + Administrative Supplements for 4 DCs to participate as trial Fellows ($900K)
Performance Period: 9/20/2017 – 8/31/2025
Principal Investigators: Cynthia Long, Ph.D.; Christine Goertz, D.C., Ph.D.
PCCR Co-Investigators: Stacie Salsbury, Ph.D., R.N.; Robert Vining D.C., DHSc
External Co-Investigators: Erin Krebs, M.D., M.P.H.; Thad Abrams, M.D., M.S.; Anthony Lisi, D.C.; Jon Lurie, M.D., M.S.; Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.; Robert Wallace, M.D., MSc; Richard Branson D.C.; Kei Hoi Cheung, Ph.D.
PCCR Clinical Research Specialist: Elissa Twist, D.C., M.S., CCRP
PCCR Clinical Project Managers: Amy Minkalis, D.C., M.S., CCRP; Anna Walden-Steward, D.C., M.S., CCRC
PCCR Data Coordinating Center Members: Sujatha Kelidaya, BSITM; Jacob McCarey, M.S.
Sites: VA Connecticut Health Care System; Minneapolis VA Health Care System; Iowa City VA Health Care System; VA Greater LA Healthcare System
Description: VERDICT is a large-scale, randomized, pragmatic trial conducted as part of the Pain Management Collaboratory; it enrolled 766 Veterans with chronic low back pain from 2/22/2021 to 5/10/2024 to evaluate the effectiveness of varied number of dosage levels of chiropractic care for the management of low back pain. Data collection was completed on 5/20/2025 and data analysis is underway. Stay tuned.
Read More: Chiropractic Care for Veterans: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Addressing Dose Effects for cLBP (VERDICT)