Mind Body Syndrome (MBS) Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pain

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: One-on-one interview and educational sessions. Reading material for educational series provided.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02117921

2013P000315

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if Mind Body Syndrome (MBS) therapy will reduce or eliminate pain in patients suffering from chronic pain syndromes without organic etiology.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patient 18 > years old
• Chronic pain without clear organic etiology after full evaluation by primary care physician or subspecialist
• Pain persistent for a minimum of 3 days a week for the past three months prior to enrollment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients < 18 years of age
• Diagnosed organic disease as cause of pain, such as but not limited to malignancy, neurologic disorder (i.e., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
• Patients with a diagnosis of significant psychiatric co-morbidities such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. Mild to moderate depression and anxiety will not be considered as exclusions
• Pregnancy
• Severe depression or recent suicide attempt

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

MBS therapy education

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: One-on-one interview and educational sessions. Reading material for educational series provided.