Empowered Relief for Youth (ER-Y)

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes; Musculoskeletal Pain; Fibromyalgia; Neuropathic Pain; Chronic Pain; Abdominal Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Empowered Relief for Youth

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05998369

68451

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of Empowered Relief for Youth with chronic pain (ER-Y). ER-Y is a single-session pain management class for youth focused on pain science education and teaching self-regulatory skills for pain management based on the evidence-based adult ER class. Feasibility and acceptability of ER-Y will be assessed post-class. Preliminary efficacy will be assessed by administering surveys at baseline, 4-weeks, 8-weeks, and 12-weeks post class.

Full description

The current proposed, single-arm, uncontrolled pilot study will determine a) feasibility of ER-Y in youth with chronic pain, b) patients' perceptions and satisfaction of the ER-Y class and c) preliminary efficacy to inform the design of a subsequent randomized controlled trial.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age at least 10 years old to 18 years
• Diagnosis of Chronic Pain
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Significant psychosocial complexity (e.g., severe depression/ anxiety, unable to tolerate a group setting)
• non-English Speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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110 participants in 1 patient group

Empowered Relief for Youth

Experimental group

Description:

Empowered Relief for Youth is a single-session pain management class focused on pain science education and teaching self-regulatory skills for pain management based on the evidence-based adult ER class.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Empowered Relief for Youth