Status:

COMPLETED

Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Chronic Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Kovacs Foundation

Collaborating Sponsors:

Spanish Back Pain Research Network (REIDE)

Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria

Conditions:

Chronic Low Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of two psychological techniques in chronic low back pain patients treated in hospital pain clinics. The techniques are: cognitive be...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Chronic low back pain and failed back surgery patients
  • With or without referred or radiated pain
  • Who are between 18 and 70 years of age (inclusive)

Exclusion

  • Patients with red flags for systemic disease or criteria for surgery
  • With intolerable intensity of pain despite 6 weeks or more of non-surgical treatment
  • With pain that appears only on walking and disappears with sitting, persists after 6 months of conservative treatment, and is a possible spinal stenosis
  • Under psychological or psychiatric treatment
  • Unable to fill out the questionnaires
  • Have received cognitive behavioral treatment in the past
  • Have ongoing work litigation or are in the process of obtaining permanent disability.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

330 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00360802

Start Date

May 1 2006

End Date

May 1 2009

Last Update

May 28 2009

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Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Dept. Psicología Básica, Evolutiva y de la Educación

Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 08193