Coping Skills Training for Adolescents With Fibromyalgia

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Fibromyalgia

In brief

Juvenile fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition that can cause considerable suffering and difficulty in an adolescent's day-to-day activities. The purpose of this study is to determine whether coping skills training, when combined with usual medical care, can reduce pain and disability in adolescents with fibromyalgia. Study hypotheses: 1) Adolescents who receive coping skills training combined with their usual medical care will show significantly greater reductions in functional disability, pain, and depressive symptoms at the end of the acute treatment phase than adolescents who receive fibromyalgia education with their usual medical care. 2) Adolescents who receive coping skills training with their usual medical care will show significantly lower levels of functional disability, pain, and depressive symptoms at the end of a six-month maintenance phase than adolescents who receive fibromyalgia education with their usual medical care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00086047

Run by

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

People needed

114

Starts

2004-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-20

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of JPFS based upon widespread pain for over 3 months, at least 5 tender points, and associated features such as sleep difficulty, fatigue, and abdominal discomfort
• Average pain intensity greater than 4 on the Visual Analog Scale
• Functional disability score greater than 7
• Stable medications for 8 weeks prior to study entry

You may not qualify if…

• Other chronic rheumatic diseases, such as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or lupus
• Significant developmental delay or impairments, such as autism, cerebral palsy, or mental retardation
• Present or lifetime psychiatric diagnosis that meets DSM-IV criteria for panic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, or psychosis
• Opioid medications are disallowed when used on an ongoing basis for treatment of fibromyalgia pain

Where it is running

• Kosair Charities Pediatric Center — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Division of Pediatrics — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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