Chronic Widespread Pain After Rapid Weight Loss in Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino/a/x Adults
RecruitingNCT06795386
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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)
The goal of this observational study is to learn if surgical weight loss can improve chronic widespread pain in people living with higher BMI who self-identify as Hispanic/Latino ethnicity or non-Hispanic Black based on the United States census racial categories. The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1. Do pain at rest (primary outcome) and movement-evoked pain (secondary outcome) improve after bariatric surgery? 2. Do pain processing and joint function change after bariatric surgery? 3. Are pain processing and joint function associated with clinically significant pain change after surgical weight loss? Researchers will compare pain and function before and 6 months after bariatric surgery in a single cohort.
Study details
- Official title
- Determining Mechanisms of Pain Reduction in Chronic Widespread Pain After Rapid Weight Loss in Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino/a/x Adults
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Widespread
- Obesity
- Bariatric Surgery Candidate
- Interventions
- Procedure: Bariatric Surgery
- Sponsor
- New York University
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- Start date
- 2023-10-09
- Primary completion
- 2027-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identify as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity based on the U.S Census racial categories * Eligible candidates for bariatric surgery (BMI greater than or equal to 40 or BMI greater than or equal to 35 with comorbidity * Meets criteria for chronic widespread pain (CWP) based on the following: 1. self-reported pain at 3 or more anatomical sites 2. painful regions on both sides of the body 3. self-reported pain intensity at rest of 3 out of 10 or higher using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) or equivalent * Conversational language fluency in English or Spanish * Able to give voluntary, written informed consent to participate * Able to walk independently or with a cane prior to study enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Prospective participants with a previous history of bariatric surgery * Have acute pain (pain for less than 6 weeks) at 1 month prior to study enrollment * Have a systemic autoimmune disorder or immunodeficiency * Have an unstable psychological condition * Are non-ambulatory or ambulate with an assistive device other than a cane * Pain localized to surgical sites at 3 months post-surgery
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06795386