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Psychology and Physiotherapy Approach of Chronic Pain in Patients With Hemophilia

CompletedNot applicableNCT03529474
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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 evaluates the clinical impact of a combined protocol with cognitive-behavioral intervention and physiotherapy adjuvant to the standard medical treatment in patients with haemophilia that suffer from chronic pain

Study details

Official title
Nonpharmacological Approach of Chronic Pain in Patients With Hemophilia: a Combined Approach From Psychology and Physiotherapy
Conditions
  • Haemophilia
Interventions
  • Other: Psychology and Physiotherapy group
  • Other: Placebo comparator: control group
Sponsor
Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe
Collaborators
Pfizer
Start date
2018-03-14
Primary completion
2019-03-15
Sex
Male
Age range
from 18 Years to 60 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
Spain
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of haemophilia A or B. * Age between 18 and 60 years. * Informed consent signed. * Signs of arthropathy according to clinical criteria (score Gilbert) and / or radiological criteria (score Pettersson) in at least one of the six joints most commonly affected (ankles, knees or elbows) * Chronic pain (CP) defined as persistent pain lasting at least six months and resistant to conventional medical therapy. It differs from the acute pain not only in its longer duration, but also sometimes persists even after the cause that produced it has disappeared. * Absence of active coping strategies, understanding the concept of coping as those cognitive and behavioral efforts made by the individual in order to manage internal and external demands generated by their chronic pain condition and that involve a challenge to their potential individual resources. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of inhibitor to FVIII or FIX. * Another haemostatic defect. * Patients with severe cognitive deficits with which it is not possible a cognitive psychological intervention. * The inability to attend physiotherapy sessions for 12 consecutive weeks (7 supervised and 31 self-monitored) * Surgical procedures performed 6 weeks prior or during the intervention protocol. * Not acceptance or withdrawal of informed consent

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03529474