Efficacy of a Chronic Pain Treatment Prior to Gender-affirming Surgery

Enrolling by invitation · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain Catastrophizing, Pain, Chronic, Gender Identity

In brief

The primary objective of this study is to examine a single-session, 2-hour group intervention provided to a population of transgender or gender-diverse patients with chronic pain prior to gender-affirming surgery, to determine if participants who receive the intervention have less pain-related distress compared to participants randomly assigned to the control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06443164

Run by

Oregon Health and Science University

People needed

78

Starts

2024-05-15

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• affiliated with the OHSU Transgender Health Program and have completed their initial consultation for gender-affirming surgery,
• who have chronic pain (defined as > 3 months of pain),
• who rate their average level of pain intensity as at least a 4 or higher (on 0-10 pain scale)
• who have fluency in English. Empowered Relief may only be delivered by a certified instructor, and for this research study the instructor is only able to offer the curriculum in English.

You may not qualify if…

• have had a pain-focused behavioral therapy in the past year, or
• have severe depression and/or moderate or higher risk of suicidality based on the person's score on the PHQ-9 greater than 20.

Where it is running

• OHSU Comprehensive Pain Center — Portland, Oregon, United States

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