Coping Skills Training for Adolescents With Fibromyalgia
CompletedPhase 3NCT00086047
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Juvenile fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition that can cause considerable suffering and difficulty in an adolescent's day-to-day activities. The purpose of this study is to determine whether coping skills training, when combined with usual medical care, can reduce pain and disability in adolescents with fibromyalgia. Study hypotheses: 1) Adolescents who receive coping skills training combined with their usual medical care will show significantly greater reductions in functional disability, pain, and depressive symptoms at the end of the acute treatment phase than adolescents who receive fibromyalgia education with their usual medical care. 2) Adolescents who receive coping skills training with their usual medical care will show significantly lower levels of functional disability, pain, and depressive symptoms at the end of a six-month maintenance phase than adolescents who receive fibromyalgia education with their usual medical care.
Study details
- Official title
- Randomized Clinical Trial in Juvenile Fibromyalgia
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- Start date
- 2004-07
- Primary completion
- 2010-07
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 11 Years to 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of JPFS based upon widespread pain for over 3 months, at least 5 tender points, and associated features such as sleep difficulty, fatigue, and abdominal discomfort * Average pain intensity greater than 4 on the Visual Analog Scale * Functional disability score greater than 7 * Stable medications for 8 weeks prior to study entry Exclusion Criteria: * Other chronic rheumatic diseases, such as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or lupus * Significant developmental delay or impairments, such as autism, cerebral palsy, or mental retardation * Present or lifetime psychiatric diagnosis that meets DSM-IV criteria for panic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, or psychosis * Opioid medications are disallowed when used on an ongoing basis for treatment of fibromyalgia pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00086047