Coping Skills Training for Living With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedPhase 1, Phase 2NCT02478307
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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)
Up to 80% of Australians experience back pain and 10% have significant disability as a result. There is a critical need for the development and evaluation of innovative treatments that have the capacity to target the multidimensional nature of chronic low back pain. This study will compare the effects and mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation, Cognitive Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for chronic low back pain. Results will ultimately lead to streamlined interventions designed to efficiently maximise benefit.
Study details
- Official title
- Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation, Cognitive Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Cognitive Therapy
- Other: Mindfulness Meditation
- Other: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
- Collaborators
- University of Washington; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Rush University Medical Center
- Start date
- 2015-05
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Australia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥18 years of age * Chronic pain of the low back (≥3 months) that is the primary source of reported pain * Average pain intensity of ≥4 on a 10-point scale * If currently taking analgesic or psychotropic medications, they must have been stabilised for ≥4 weeks prior to this study * Be able to read, speak and understand English * Be able to attend a weekly 2-hour therapy session for 8 concurrent weeks Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment, uncontrolled psychotic symptoms or current elevated suicidal ideation as this may interfere with group-delivered therapy (as evidenced by the 6-item screener) * Chronic pain due to malignancy * History of a medical condition that could produce an abnormal EEG and interfere with the tests of the effects of treatment on EEG (e.g., epilepsy, history of traumatic brain injury) * Currently receiving other psychosocial pain treatment
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02478307