Single Session Pain Psychology Treatment: Comparative Efficacy & Mechanisms

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Conditions studied: Chronic Low Back Pain

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03167086

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

263

Starts

2017-06-08

Expected to finish

2020-08-18

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• Stanford University, Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab — Palo Alto, California, United States

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