Mind Body Syndrome Therapy for Chronic Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-67
SponsorBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
About this trial
The goal of this study is to determine if a mind-body intervention can help people suffering from chronic back pain. The study is a randomized, partially blinded trial examining the effectiveness of a mind body intervention in reducing disability from back pain and alleviating back pain in participants as compared to usual care and an active control (second mind body intervention). The investigators will secondarily investigate whether the intervention alleviates anxiety related to the pain and other quality of life parameters.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult patient 18 ≥ years old
Chronic back pain
Pain persistent for a minimum of 3 days a week for the past three months prior to enrollment
Willingness to consider mind-body intervention
Disqualifiers
Patients < 18 years of age
Patients > 67 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 (note that 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
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Mind Body Intervention 1
- Mind body intervention 2
Treatment groups
150 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsLocations
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center02215, BostonMassachusetts, United States
Sponsors and collaborators
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lead sponsor
Source ClinicalTrials.gov