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- Clinical Trial NCT02920853
Enhanced Biofeedback for Musculoskeletal Pain
August 17, 2018 updated by: Jamie Rhudy, University of Tulsa
Testing the Efficacy of Enhanced Biofeedback on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
The purpose of this study is to assess whether a novel, enhanced form of biofeedback can help individuals regulate their chronic musculoskeletal pain more effectively.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Relaxation is a low-cost treatment for managing pain with little or no side effects.
The proposed study will use a novel biofeedback treatment to try and enhance the capacity of relaxation to engage pain inhibitory circuits.
Specifically, a biofeedback system (Biofeedback Training for Conditioned Pain Regulation, BT-CPR) will be used to monitor the participant's level of sympathetic arousal and will use this to control the intensity of painful stimulations delivered to the participant during biofeedback training.
Thus, when the participant successfully relaxes (and reduces their arousal), the intensity is lowered and produces pain relief.
Efficacy of the treatment will be tested in a small, randomized controlled trial in which individuals with a verified diagnosis of chronic musculoskeletal pain will receive 10 treatment sessions, or 10 sessions of a control condition (traditional biofeedback, to control for the effects of relaxation on pain).
The aim will be to assess whether the treatment results in improvements in clinical pain outcomes (e.g., pain intensity, quality of life, pain interference) and psychosocial variables (e.g., coping, self-efficacy, mood).
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
6
Phase
- Not Applicable
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
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Oklahoma
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74104
- University of Tulsa
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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
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults (18 years or older) with a verified diagnosis of chronic musculoskeletal pain and currently experiencing pain
Exclusion Criteria:
- under 18 years of age (given the nature of the treatment study)
- if female, currently pregnant
- persistent feelings of numbness in hands and feet
- difficulty being able to feel or sense things
- lack of access to a computer or smartphone (to complete electronic pain diaries)
- injuries that prevent sensor application
- use of narcotic pain medications with 48 hours of treatment sessions
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: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: BT-CPR
Participants will receive training in relaxation and biofeedback to develop skills in relaxation/arousal reduction, and pain reduction.
Then they will practice relaxing and reducing their arousal as they view graphical arousal feedback.
Electric stimulations will be delivered throughout the biofeedback training to provide pain relief when relaxation is achieved.
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Participants will receive biofeedback training (which will include electric stimulations) to reduce arousal and pain
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Active Comparator: Biofeedback-Only
Participants will receive training in relaxation and biofeedback to develop skills in relaxation/arousal reduction, and pain reduction.
Then they will practice relaxing and reducing their arousal as they view graphical arousal feedback.
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Participants will receive biofeedback training to reduce arousal and pain
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Changes in clinical pain
Time Frame: Assessed daily via electronic diaries starting 1 week prior to session 1 and ending 1 week after session 10 (up to 11 weeks)
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Self-report ratings of pain intensity, rated using 0-10 Likert-type scales, (i.e., 0 = no pain; 10 = most intense pain).
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Assessed daily via electronic diaries starting 1 week prior to session 1 and ending 1 week after session 10 (up to 11 weeks)
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Changes in psychosocial outcomes
Time Frame: Assessed daily via electronic diaries starting 1 week prior to session 1 and ending 1 week after session 10 (up to 11 weeks)
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Self-report ratings of pain interference, mood, sleep quality, and coping.
These items are rated using 0-10 Likert-type scales, (e.g., 0 = no change; 10 = extreme change) with higher values indicating an increase in the variable assessed on a particular item (e.g., interference with daily activities).
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Assessed daily via electronic diaries starting 1 week prior to session 1 and ending 1 week after session 10 (up to 11 weeks)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Changes in reactions to painful stimuli
Time Frame: Assessed immediately before the first treatment session (Time 1) and immediately after (Time 2) the last treatment session (approximately 10 weeks from Time 1).
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Subjective ratings of painful stimuli
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Assessed immediately before the first treatment session (Time 1) and immediately after (Time 2) the last treatment session (approximately 10 weeks from Time 1).
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
September 1, 2016
Primary Completion (Actual)
August 1, 2018
Study Completion (Actual)
August 1, 2018
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
September 26, 2016
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 28, 2016
First Posted (Estimate)
September 30, 2016
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
August 21, 2018
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
August 17, 2018
Last Verified
August 1, 2018
More Information
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Other Study ID Numbers
- TU1645
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
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