Can Therapy Alter CNS Processing of Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Study

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Conditions studied: Chronic Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a psycho-therapeutic approach, group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) plus a relapse prevention program, Therapeutic Interactive Voice Response (TIVR), modifies the dysfunctional sensory, emotional, and cognitive neural circuitry associated with chronic pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01794988

Run by

University of Vermont

People needed

120

Starts

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At least 12 months of muscular-skeletal, non-neuropathic pain

You may not qualify if…

• Malignancy causing or influencing chronic pain
• Radiation or chemotherapy, or metastatic cancer of any type
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and/or neuropathic pain
• Neurological disorders such as epilepsy or stroke, or other medical conditions
• Psychiatric disorders
• Opioid medication use for pain management
• Past year history of illicit drug use that can result in altered cognition
• Pregnancy
• Exceeding weight limit of the MRI scanner
• Incompatible implants due to MRI safety
• Awaiting pain related surgical procedure
• Involved in pain-related litigation

Where it is running

• University of Vermont College of Medicine, MindBody Medicine Clinic — Burlington, Vermont, United States (enrolling)

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