Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Quality of Life of Fibromyalgia Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fondation de France
Conditions:
Fibromyalgia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Comparison of two treatments of fibromyalgia; the QOL score should improve rather and, twelve months after the end of the program, remain higher in "Plurifocal educational group" than in control group
Detailed Description
Comparing two forms of non-drug treatment of fibromyalgia: "Information" (an information group session on the fibromyalgia management modalities) versus "Plurifocal educational program " (intensive gr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Fibromyalgia Patients according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology defined by:
- diffuse pain evolving for over three months
- pain on palpation of at least 11 of the 18 sites listed
- age between 18 and 65
- FIQ Score higher than 35/100 at inclusion
- Ability to respond to questionnaires
- monitoring possibility for at least a year
- Affiliation to the French Health System (social security)
Exclusion
- Association with chronic pain from other sources which can interfere with fibromyalgia assessment
- Inability to follow the full educational program
- previous participation in an educational program of same nature
- psychological disorder (personality disorder or behaviour, schizophrenia), preventing participation in the program group
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
115 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00715195
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
April 1 2012
Last Update
December 19 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Hopital Saint Antoine
Paris, France, 75012