Cognitive functional therapy compared with a group-based exercise and education intervention for chronic low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Assessed by RV004 · Research Assistant

Assessed on 3 Nov 2025

OverallReviewer's overall integrity assessment, derived from all research questions No concerns

DOI 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100780 (opens in new tab)

Resource ripekg:research-integrity-assessment/RIPEAC50E12D8823F7D37

5 Research Questions · 2 Evidence Items

Q1.1 — Does the study have an associated retraction?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsN/A

Rationale: No rationale provided

Q1.2 — Does the study have an associated expression of concern or other relevant post-publication notice?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsN/A

Rationale: No rationale provided

Q1.3 — Do other studies by the research team highlight causes for concern?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsN/A

Rationale: No rationale provided

Q2.2 — Are there concerns relating to the timing or absence of study registration?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsN/A

Rationale: No rationale provided

Supporting Evidence (2)

Clinical Trial RegistrationSource: Clinical trial registry (e.g. ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN)

Registration ID: NCT02145728

Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry Link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02145728 (opens in new tab)

Registration Date: 22-05-2014

Prospective:Whether the trial was registered before participant recruitment began Yes

Assessment Rationale:How INSPECT-AI determined the prospective registration status by comparing dates Comparison performed at month level. Registration: 2014-05, LLM Recruitment Start: 2014-05. Deemed prospective at month level.

Study Design EvidenceDates and timelines extracted by INSPECT-AI from the publication text

Recruitment Start: 05-2014

Recruitment Start Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment start date Methods: 'individuals with CLBP were recruited from three sites in Ireland between May 2014 and February 2016'.

Recruitment End: 02-2016

Recruitment End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment end date Methods: 'individuals with CLBP were recruited from three sites in Ireland between May 2014 and February 2016'.

Study End: 03-2017

Study End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the study end date Results: 'final 12 month follow-ups were completed in March 2017'.

Overall — What is the overall integrity assessment of the study?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemN/A

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo concerns

Rationale: all the checks are clear