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Investigation of the Efficiency of Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients With Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06052085
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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)

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women worldwide. Various side effects are seen after the treatments (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, etc.). Fatigue and pain are the most common and persistent side effects of breast cancer treatments. Pain management in patients currently undergoing breast cancer surgery: It consists of medical treatment, physiotherapy program and psychosocial practices. Psychosocial practices include educational interventions. The most widely used is Biomedical Education. Biomedical Education explains pain to the patient from a biological point of view and may be insufficient in curing and preventing chronic pain. The increase in the knowledge of pain physiology has revealed the modern neuroscience-based Pain Neuroscience Education. Pain Neuroscience Education explains the neurophysiology of pain and the ability of the nervous system to modulate the experience of pain. When we look at the literature, it has been seen that the lack of studies in which my Pain Neuroscience Education was applied in chronic pain after breast cancer surgery and the results of existing studies were contradictory. The aim of this study to compare the effects of Pain Neuroscience Education applied together with a standard physiotherapy program on pain, somatode function, psychological function and quality of life in patients with chronic pain after breast cancer surgery in a randomized desing. The hypotheses of this study are as follows; H1(1): The effect of Pain Neuroscience Education and Biomedical Education applied in addition to standard physiotherapy on pain-related outcomes (pain severity and disability) is different in patients with chronic pain after breast cancer surgery. H1(2): The effect of Pain Neuroscience Education and Biomedical Education applied in addition to standard physiotherapy on somatosensory function (pressure pain threshold and mechanical perception threshold) is different in patients with chronic pain after breast cancer …

Study details

Official title
Investigation of the Efficiency of Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients With Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsor
Hacettepe University
Start date
2023-02-15
Primary completion
2025-02-15
Sex
Female
Age range
from 18 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Women over 18 years old * Women diagnosed with breast cancer * Patients who have passed at least 3 months after their primary treatment such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy * Women who have pain in the upper extremity and shoulder region for more than three months and have achieved at least 40 points out of 100 on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in the last week Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with chronic pain in the upper extremity/shoulder before the diagnosis of breast cancer, * Patients who have previously undergone a pain education program, * Those with metastases, bilateral or recurrent breast cancer, * Lack of cooperation in assessment and/or treatment and illiteracy, * Patients who did not consent to the study and did not have an informed consent form

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06052085