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Single Session Pain Psychology Treatment: Comparative Efficacy & Mechanisms
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT03167086
Purpose
This study aims to compare the efficacy of a single session psychological treatment,
"Empowered Relief" (ER), with the current standard of care, group Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (CBT) specifically on individuals with chronic low back pain who have pain-specific
distress as indexed by pain catastrophizing scores.
Official Title
"Empowered Relief" Single Session Pain Psychology Treatment: Comparative Efficacy & Mechanisms
Stanford Investigator(s)
Beth Darnall
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain) and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry & Psychology (Adult))
Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.
Redlich Professor, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine and, by courtesy, of Neurology
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Axial low back pain without radicular symptoms
- Pain duration ≥ 6 months (per recent NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic
Low Back Pain based on participant self-report
- Average pain intensity ≥4/10 for the past month at screening visit
- English fluency
- Males and females 18-70 years of age
- Pain Catastrophizing Score (PCS) ≥20
Exclusion Criteria:
- Gross cognitive impairment
- Active suicidal ideation or severe depression
- Previous attendance in the active treatment groups (any ER classes ever taken or CBT
in the past 3 years)
- Participating in any interventional research study or completed participation in the
last 2 months; enrollment in an observational study is acceptable
- Current substance abuse
- Clear likelihood to disrupt fellow class participants (e.g., personality disorder) at
the discretion of the study team
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
behavioral: Health Education (HE)
behavioral: "Empowered Relief" (ER)
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Beth Darnall, PhD
(650) 497-0484