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 groups