Nutrition and Pain Study

University of Miami

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: SCI - Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Nutrition Counseling; Behavioral: Nutrition Education Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07179588

20250188

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition intervention on diet quality in managing pain in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults (≥18 y)
• With SCI (motor complete or incomplete American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A-D, paraplegia or ventilator-independent tetraplegia)
• Have chronic pain

Exclusion criteria

• Adults unable to consent Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• Pregnant women (self-report)
• Prisoners
• Those not meeting inclusion criteria will be excluded (e.g., no pain).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Nutrition Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be in this group for up to 4 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nutrition Education Program

Behavioral: Nutrition Counseling