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Comparing the Impact of Mindful Interoceptive Mapping and Mindful Breathing on Pain and Opioid Use

CompletedNot applicableNCT04523766
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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 is a single site, two-arm, parallel group randomized clinical trial comparing the effect of two mindfulness-based interventions (Mindful Interoceptive Mapping vs. Mindfulness of the Breath) on opioid-treated chronic pain patients' pleasant/unpleasant sensation reports and opioid use.

Study details

Official title
Enhancing Pain Management and Preventing Opioid Misuse by Optimizing Mindfulness Based Interventions for Opioid-Treated Chronic Pain Patients: A Comparison of Mindful Interoceptive Mapping and Mindful Breathing
Interventions
  • Behavioral: Mindfulness of Breath
  • Behavioral: Mindful Interoceptive Mapping
Sponsor
University of Utah
Start date
2021-06-29
Primary completion
2023-08-09
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: * (1) men/women ≥18 years of age, * (2) current chronic low back pain condition determined by physician assessment (e.g., ICD-10 codes M54.5, M54.4, M54.3), * (3) reporting pain ≥3 on 0-10 scale with opioid medication, and * (4) long-term opioid pharmacotherapy (\>3 months of use). Exclusion Criteria: * (1) formal mindfulness training (e.g., MBSR/MBRP), * (2) current cancer diagnosis, * (3) psychosis, suicidality, and moderate/severe substance use disorder in the past year as assessed with the MINI, and * (4) unstable illness, as judged by a physician, that may interfere with treatment.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04523766