Mindfulness for Pain Management in Patients With Cancer
CompletedNot applicableNCT03351010
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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)
Using pharmacologic agents are often effective to treat patients with cancer pain, but there are associated with serious side-effects and risks of dependence and addiction. The Thai Buddhism-based Mindfulness (TBbM) intervention created by a widely respected Buddhist monk focuses on testing a meditation technique to manage pain. If effective, millions of patients who suffer with cancer pain will benefit from use of a safe, culturally appropriate, non-pharmacologic approach to pain management.
Study details
- Official title
- Thai Buddhism-based Mindfulness for Pain Management in Thai Outpatients With Cancer: A Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Cancer, Metastatic
- Pain, Chronic
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mindfulness training program
- Device: Cancer pain educational program
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Collaborators
- Ministry of Health, Thailand
- Start date
- 2018-05-23
- Primary completion
- 2019-02-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Thailand
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Eligible patients will: * have any cancer type or stage, * be 18-60 years of age, * have a worst pain score \> 4 in the past 7 days, * be able to read and write the Thai language, * have a Karnofsky Performance status \> 70%, and * be willing to travel to the temple. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients will be diagnosed psychiatric illness * Patients will have the comorbidities (e.g., arthritis, bone metastasis, deformity, certain neurological conditions such as Brachial plexus nerve compression)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03351010