Status:

COMPLETED

Group-based Mindfulness for Chronic Pain in the Primary Care Setting

Lead Sponsor:

Boston Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Conditions:

Chronic Pain

Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this pragmatic clinical trial (PCT) research is to determine whether a group-visit approach modeled on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction can improve function for persons with chronic l...

Detailed Description

The research will be conducted with three health care system (HCS) sites: Boston Medical Center (BMC), MA, a safety net health system; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA, a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥ 18
  • Chronic low back pain, which is pain that persists for at least 3-months and has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months
  • A score ≥ 3 on the Pain, Enjoyment of Life and General Activity (PEG)
  • Willing and able to provide online or telephone informed consent
  • Speak English as the intervention manual is currently written in English

Exclusion

  • Do not meet the above inclusion criteria
  • Red flags- recent (past month) worsening of pain, unexplained fever, unexplained weight loss
  • Pregnancy
  • Metastatic cancer
  • First-degree relatives (parents, siblings, child) of someone who has participated or is participating in the OPTIMUM study
  • Members of the same household
  • Not a patient at a participating clinic or persons not planning to continue as a patient at a participating clinic for 12 or more months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 6 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 6 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

451 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04129450

Start Date

May 6 2021

End Date

November 6 2024

Last Update

December 1 2025

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118