Can Therapy Alter CNS Processing of Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Study
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT01794988
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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)
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a psycho-therapeutic approach, group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) plus a relapse prevention program, Therapeutic Interactive Voice Response (TIVR), modifies the dysfunctional sensory, emotional, and cognitive neural circuitry associated with chronic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Can Therapy Alter CNS Processing of Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Behavioral: Pain Education
- Behavioral: Therapeutic Interactive Voice Response
- Behavioral: NO TIVR
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- Start date
- 2010-07
- Primary completion
- 2015-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- 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: * At least 12 months of muscular-skeletal, non-neuropathic pain Exclusion Criteria: * Malignancy causing or influencing chronic pain * Radiation or chemotherapy, or metastatic cancer of any type * Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and/or neuropathic pain * Neurological disorders such as epilepsy or stroke, or other medical conditions * Psychiatric disorders * Opioid medication use for pain management * Past year history of illicit drug use that can result in altered cognition * Pregnancy * Exceeding weight limit of the MRI scanner * Incompatible implants due to MRI safety * Awaiting pain related surgical procedure * Involved in pain-related litigation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01794988