- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00001966
Mind-Body Therapy for Pain in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
A Pilot Study of Mind-Body Therapy for Chronic Pain in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
This study will assess the effectiveness of mind-body therapy in relieving pain in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. This syndrome is a hereditary condition caused by a connective tissue defect and is often associated with chronic pain poorly controlled by medication or physical therapy. Mind-body therapy comprises various complementary or alternative medicine techniques such as meditation, guided imagery, stress management, and group psychotherapy.
Adult patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who have chronic pain may be eligible for this 4 1/2 [Note: if the symbol is unreadable, it is four and one-half] to 5-month study. Patients not already enrolled in NHGRI's protocol 97-HG-0089 will undergo a history, physical examination, and brief interview before being accepted. Participants will attend 2-hour group sessions of mind-body therapy at NIH each week for at least 10 weeks. They will receive training in meditation, yoga breathing, guided imagery, and stress management in these sessions and will be asked to also practice the treatments at home each day. Patients may continue their regular medications and pain treatment with their private physicians during the course of the study.
Participants will fill out a packet of questionnaires about their pain, health, and quality of life at three intervals: when they enroll in the study, at the end of treatment, and 12 weeks after treatment ends. At these same time intervals, patients will come to NIH for a test of their physical ability to walk and climb stairs. Patients will keep a diary and pain symptoms and medications for 1 week before treatment begins and 1 week after it ends, and will fill out questionnaires about pain during the entire study period.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Clinical diagnosis of classical or hypermobile EDS based on history and physical examination by a study investigator.
Subjectively suffer from chronic pain (defined as pain occurring at least weekly).
Must agree to not seek mind-body therapy or other similar interventions outside of this study during the time under investigation.
Able to give informed consent.
No minors (under 18 years of age).
Not currently using formal mind-body or similar therapy for treatment of chronic pain.
No major surgical procedure within 90 days or intending to undergo such a procedure during the time course of this study.
Not decisionally impaired subjects.
No previous diagnosis or hospitalization for a psychotic condition(s). Specifically, no history of illness involving altered perception of reality. Psychiatric diagnoses such as depression or anxiety will not exclude participation.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Ainsworth SR, Aulicino PL. A survey of patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1993 Jan;(286):250-6.
- Beighton P, De Paepe A, Steinmann B, Tsipouras P, Wenstrup RJ. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: revised nosology, Villefranche, 1997. Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation (USA) and Ehlers-Danlos Support Group (UK). Am J Med Genet. 1998 Apr 28;77(1):31-7. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980428)77:13.0.co;2-o.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Study Completion
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Vascular Diseases
- Skin Diseases
- Disease
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Hematologic Diseases
- Hemorrhagic Disorders
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Hemostatic Disorders
- Skin Diseases, Genetic
- Skin Abnormalities
- Collagen Diseases
- Syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Other Study ID Numbers
- 000054
- 00-HG-0054
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