A Pilot Study Evaluating a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Group Therapy in a Primary Care Setting
CompletedPhase 3NCT01517256
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Brief summary (from the registry)
The investigators will evaluate the effectiveness of "Living Everyday Above-and-beyond Pain" (LEAP) program in the primary care setting. LEAP is a multidisciplinary chronic pain group therapy developed for the two clinic sites of McMaster Family Health Team: McMaster Family Practice and Stonechurch Family Health Centre. LEAP aims to improve patients'quality of life, interaction with the health care system and their health care utilization. This is a pilot study to evaluate mainly feasibility. The investigators will make use of both experimental and qualitative methods gather evidence of the programs success, strengths and weaknesses.
Study details
- Official title
- Living Everyday Above-and-beyond Pain Research (LEAP): A Pilot Study Evaluating a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Group Therapy in a Primary Care Setting
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Living Everyday Above-and-beyond Pain (LEAP)
- Other: Wait-listed
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
- Start date
- 2009-11
- Primary completion
- 2011-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years and older * diagnosed with chronic pain Exclusion Criteria: * chronic pain related to cancer, pelvic pain or headache * inability to speak or write in English * patient is unable to attend and participate in group treatment sessions on their own * substance use or mental health problems of a severity making group treatment participation impossible * currently participating in another cognitive-behavioral pain management program * patient is receiving palliative care or has been diagnosed with an illness expecting to cause death within one year
Canadian sites (1)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01517256