Mind Body Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04039139
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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)
Chronic pain syndromes without identified organic etiology remain a challenge for physicians. Many syndromes, including back pain, are believed to have potential underlying psychological etiology; however, the exact link remains elusive. The goal of this study is to determine if mind body therapies can help people suffering from chronic back pain. The study is a randomized, partially blinded trial examining the effectiveness of Mind Body Syndrome Therapy (MBST) in reducing disability from back pain and alleviating back pain. The investigators will secondarily investigate whether MBST can improve participant quality of life and reduce the need for pain-related hospitalization. The design of the this study consists of 3 arms with one being the intervention (MBST), one being usual care, and one being a second mind-body intervention (active control). This education program consists of a series of personal interviews and group and/or individualized lectures/sessions. Participants will also be provided reading material to study during the intervention period, and asked to continue their usual care while going through the MBST program.
Study details
- Official title
- Mind Body Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mind Body Intervention 1: Mind-Body-Syndrome-Therapy (MBST)
- Behavioral: Mind Body Intervention 2
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Start date
- 2019-07-30
- Primary completion
- 2020-04-20
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- 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: * Adult patient 18 \> years old * Chronic back pain * Pain persistent for ≥3 days/week for the past 3 months prior to enrollment * Willingness to consider mind-body intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \< 18 years of age * Diagnosed organic disease as cause of pain, such as (but not limited) to malignancy, neurologic disorder (i.e., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), cauda equina syndrome. Pain related to disc disease is not an exclusion unless there are neurological impairments. * Patients with a diagnosis of significant psychiatric co-morbidities such as schizophrenia, dementia and bipolar disorder.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04039139