Self System Therapy and Chronic Low Back Pain Trial
CompletedPhase 4NCT00672880
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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)
This study is for people with chronic low back pain who may also be feeling discouraged, frustrated, or depressed. This study is testing a new therapy that is designed to specifically help these patients foster a better self-image. We hope this therapy will help them feel less discouraged and depressed and, possibly, even help reduce their stress enough that they may feel less pain.
Study details
- Official title
- The Use of Self-System Therapy to Alter Self-Discrepancies in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Self-System Therapy
- Behavioral: Education
- Other: Standard Care
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Start date
- 2003-10
- Primary completion
- 2008-04
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 100 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Male and females 18 years and older * Low back pain for minimum of 6 months * DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive disorder or dysthymia as determined by SCID interview, or meeting 18 or higher on Beck Depression Inventory. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar, organic brain syndrome, substance abuse within past 5 years * Hallucinations, delusions, or paranoid ideation * Concurrent medical disorders that may cause depression or significantly affect function (epilepsy, endocrine disease, COPD, diabetes), or intellectual impairment based on clinical interview * Inability to speak English; AND * Patients with pending litigation or in the process of seeking disability benefits.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00672880