Pain and Stress Management for Fibromyalgia

March 15, 2016 updated by: Mark A. Lumley, Wayne State University

Emotional Exposure and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Fibromyalgia

This interventional, randomized controlled study seeks to test the effects of an innovative emotional exposure and processing treatment that targets stress resolution, by comparing it with cognitive-behavioral therapy and a Fibromyalgia education comparison condition. The investigators also will test proposed mediators of the intervention, including improved autonomic regulation, and explore which subgroups of patients benefit the most from each approach.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Completed

Conditions

Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. On ClinicalTrials.gov, conditions may also include other health-related issues, such as lifespan, quality of life, and health risks.

Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
230

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48106
        • University of Michigan Medical Center
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
        • Wayne State University
      • Southfield, Michigan, United States, 48075
        • St. John Providence Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Meet Fibromyalgia (FM) criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)either:

    • 1990 ACR criteria including tender points
    • 2010 ACR modified clinical criteria that does not include tender points

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Co-morbid autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus
  • Other serious medical conditions that can impair health status independent of FM
  • Current psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.),dissociative identity (multiple personality) disorder, active suicide risk
  • Alcohol/drug dependence in past 2 years
  • Cognitive impairment or dementia
  • Currently have pending (or recently received - within 2 years) FM pain related disability or workman's compensation
  • Unable to fluently read or converse in English
  • Planning to move from the area in the next 14 months
  • Judgment of principle investigator as not appropriate for this trial or all intervention arms

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Stress and Emotions
Seeks to reduce stress and physical symptoms by helping individual become aware of their emotions, express them, and resolve emotional difficulties. It will use techniques such as writing about stress, role playing how to handle difficult relationships, recognizing and expressing anger and other feelings, and being more open with others.
Behavioral: Stress and Emotions
Focus on emotions, writing about stress, assertiveness training, role playing new ways to handle relationships, and sharing feelings and experiences with others.
Active Comparator: Thoughts and Behaviors
Seeks to help individuals function better and improve symptoms by teaching various cognitive and behavioral skills to manage symptoms of fibromyalgia. It will use techniques such as relaxation training, engaging in pleasant activities, pacing yourself, and changing unhelpful ways of thinking.
Behavioral: Thoughts and Behaviors
Focus on cognitive and behavioral skills, such as relaxation, increasing pleasant activities, pacing, and changing ways of thinking.
Active Comparator: Brain and Body
Seeks to help individuals improve health by educating about fibromyalgia so that one can better understand and more effectively communicate about their health. It will explain the latest scientific information about fibromyalgia, including its causes, the role of the nervous system and body, various medical and alternative treatments, and how to understand research findings.
Behavioral: Brain and Body
Focus on the empowering patients by providing the latest scientific information about fibromyalgia, including causes, the role of the nervous system, and various treatments.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Brief Pain Inventory
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
SF-12
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
PROMIS Fatigue short form
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Satisfaction with Life Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Multiple Ability Self-Report Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Patient Global Assessment of Change
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Health Care Utilization Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Baseline, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint), and 12 months post-treatment
Real-time Physical Activity (Actiwatch)
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Heart Rate Variability
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Emotional Expressivity Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Ambivalence over Emotional Expression
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Impact of Events Scale - Revised
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
BBCA - short form
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Pain Catastrophizing
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Beliefs in Pain Control Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Communication Thoughts and Feelings Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Experimental (thumb nail pressure) threshold and tolerance ratings
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
2010 ACR modified clinical criteria for FM, including widespread pain index
Time Frame: Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)
Baseline, post-treatment, and 6 months post-treatment (primary endpoint)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Wayne State University

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
University of Michigan
St. John Providence Hospital

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Mark A Lumley, Ph.D., Wayne State University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
May 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
July 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submitted a study record to ClinicalTrials.gov. There is typically a delay of a few days between the first submitted date and the record's availability on ClinicalTrials.gov (the first posted date).
November 2, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
January 28, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
February 1, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
March 17, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
March 15, 2016

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
March 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 1R01AR057808 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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