CBT Program for Pain Management for Children and Youth With CP (CBT=Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; CP= Cerebral Palsy)
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04174326
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Brief summary (from the registry)
This study will focus on the feasibility of a modified cognitive behavioral program for pain management among children and youth with cerebral palsy (CP) on developing pain coping skills and reducing pain interference levels The study design is a randomized control feasibility trial. Participants will be placed randomly into one of two groups based on chance (50/50). The 2 groups are: (1) immediate treatment group and (2) delayed wait-list treatment group. Both groups will receive the same intervention protocol.
Study details
- Official title
- Cognitive Behavioral Pain Management Program for Children and Youth With Cerebral Palsy (CBPM_CP): a Feasibility Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Immediate intervention group
- Sponsor
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
- Start date
- 2020-08-24
- Primary completion
- 2021-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 8 Years to 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of CP 2. Chronic pain lasting greater than 3 months and restricting some or all activities according to child/youth/parental self-report 3. A baseline score of 70 (\~ -2 SD) on each of the three vineland adaptive behavior scales (VABS) sub-scales: communication, daily living skills and socialization 4. Successful completion of a modified sorting task including sorting cubes according to size and rating activities in order of how much they like to do them 5. Parent agreement to participate in the parents' program 6. Can communicate in English, with or without the use of augmentative communication devices Exclusion Criteria: Participants who meet any of the following criteria will not be eligible to take part in the trial: 1. Diagnosis of major visual or hearing impairment 2. Currently attending psychological treatment focused on pain management; (3) Uncontrolled seizure(s) (with or without medication) in the previous 12 months.
Canadian sites (1)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04174326