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- Clinical Trial NCT03700528
The Development of Contextual Cognitive Behavioural Approach to PDN
The Development of Contextual Cognitive Behavioural Approach to Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: A Feasibility Trial
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is highly prevalent, and a significant public health problem. Approximately 25-30% of all individuals with DM develop painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN). PDN is considered a complex, multi-dimensional condition, possibly affecting the physical and mental health of the individual. PDN is usually described as a sense of burning, stabbing, aching and/or pricking mainly affecting areas like toes, legs, and feet and physically interfering with mobility, sleep, mood, and overall quality of life. This condition represents both a significant problem in its own right and a useful condition in which to test treatments that may offer wider benefits for neuropathic pain conditions in general.
A relatively new and promising approach to chronic pain, within the wider range of cognitive and behavioural approaches, is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) that focuses specifically on increasing psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is the capacity to change or continue with a behaviour, depending on which is more effective, according to one's goals and what the current situation affords. Psychological flexibility in turn includes processes of acceptance, values-based action, and other processes related to mindfulness. There are no published studies of ACT for individuals with PDN, and the limited available evidence indicates that a CBT-based intervention like ACT has the potential to reduce pain in people with PDN. People with PDN have clear treatment needs. While ACT may help them, little is known directly about the relevance of different components of ACT for this condition or about how to customise it for them. The proposed research aims to conduct a small feasibility trial which will pilot test a psychological treatment for PDN and assess the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of such a treatment.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
People with diabetes often experience a type of pain called Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN). PDN is described as a stabbing, burning, pricking, or aching sensation affecting the toes, feet, and legs. This type of pain can interfere with walking, sleep, mood and overall quality of life. Although medication may offer some short-term improvement in this pain, this is a chronic condition for the majority of the patients and the pain typically remains a problem. Our research team aims to assess the acceptability and potential benefits of a psychological treatment for people with PDN.
The intervention is a tailored ACT-based self-management intervention which will be delivered online. The purpose of this intervention is to improve participant daily functioning via increased psychological flexibility. The development of the PDN ACT-based intervention involved a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, health professionals and diabetes specialists.
The ACT treatment package will embrace the core treatment processes of acceptance, cognitive defusion, mindfulness, and values-based action. Methods will include practice in contacting painful experiences, experiential cognitive methods to promote awareness, exercises similar to mindfulness, methods to increase one's the role of goals and values in patient choice, and to help people flexibly stick to commitments.
The process will involve, two brief direct one-to-one contact sessions, one at the beginning and one at the end of the intervention, with convenient means according to each participant, as for example Skype, phone or face to face. Following the first one-to-one session there will be 8 short online sessions, with a duration of 20-30 minutes each. In accordance with ACT principles, participants will be encouraged to complete tasks between the online sessions. Particularly, they will be asked to write on a diary weekly, which will include ratings for openness, awareness and engagement. Within the diary we will also ask participants to note changes, in medication, if any, and if the data is sufficient and relevant we will include them in the final analysis. The completion of these tasks has been found to be predictive of CBT outcomes.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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London, United Kingdom, SE1 7EH
- Recruiting
- St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (Diabetes Clinic)
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Contact:
- Stephen Thomas
- Phone Number: +44 (0)20 7188 1981
- Email: stephen.m.thomas@gstt.nhs.uk
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London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RT
- Recruiting
- Guy's hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Diabetes Clinic)
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Contact:
- Stephen Thomas
- Phone Number: +44 (0)20 7188 1981
- Email: stephen.m.thomas@gstt.nhs.uk
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged at least 18 years.
- Confirmed diagnosis of diabetes.
- Presence of painful diabetic neuropathy.
- Have full verbal and written proficiency in English.
- Willingness and ability to take part.
- Have computer literacy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not understanding verbal explanation or written information in English.
- Suffering from neuropathy due to other causes than diabetes.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention
This is a single-cohort ACT based intervention.
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The process will involve, two, brief, one-to-one contact sessions, one at the beginning and one at the end of the intervention, in a way that is convenient for participants, including Skype, phone, or face to face in person.
Following the first one-to-one session there will be eight short online sessions, about 20-30 minutes each.
Participants will also be asked to complete some tasks between the sessions, in particular to record their progress briefly and any changes at their medication (i.e.
type of drug, dose) in a diary weekly so that they can keep track of your developing skills.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Committed Action Questionnaire (CAQ-8)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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The CAQ-8 is an eight-item measure of committed action, a facet of PF.
Committed action is the ability to persist with actions that are guided by goals, including when this runs into discouraging experiences and to change these actions when they are shown to be ineffective.
Responses to the items were rated from 0 (never true) to 6 (always true).
Out of the eight items four are positively keyed and four negatively keyed.
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8 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ-7)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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The CFQ-7 offers a psychometrically sound measure of cognitive fusion.
16 Cognitive fusion refers to a domination of cognitive influence over direct experiential influence on behavior, and a lack of separation between the content of the thoughts and the situations or people to which they refer.
Cognitive defusion, on the other hand, is the ability to see thoughts as just thoughts, and not as essential reflections of events as they are directly experienced.
CFQ-7 consists of 7-items rated on a 0 (never true) to 7 (always true) point scale.
An early version of the CFQ has been validated in chronic pain sample.
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8 weeks
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Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ-8)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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The CPAQ-8 is a validated questionnaire which measures acceptance of chronic pain.
It includes engagement in activities while experiencing pain and willingness to experience pain without trying to control or avoid it.
CPAQ-8 is based on the 20-item questionnaire and has been validated 12. Items are rated on a scale from 0 (never true) to 6 (always true).
Higher scores reflect greater acceptance of pain.
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8 weeks
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Douleur neuropathique 4 (DN4)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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Presence of neuropathic pain was assessed with a screening measure called DN4.
It consists of interview questions and physical tests and has also been validated as a self-reported measure.
It has a specificity of 83% and sensitivity of 90%.
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8 weeks
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Pain Scale
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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Pain intensity and distress were assessed through four questions using 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain) numerical ratings of pain.
Participants were asked to rate their pain right now and in the past week, and how distressing is their pain right now and in the past week.
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8 weeks
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Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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The PHQ-9 is a reliable and validated measure used as an index for depression severity.
It includes 10-items based on DSM-IV.
The nine items that reflect severity of depression symptoms area each rated on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 4 (nearly every day).
The last item is a measure of impact of depression and is rated from 'not difficult at all' to 'extremely difficult'.
The higher score indicates higher levels of depression severity.
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8 weeks
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Self Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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The SEQ is a 15-item self-report measure of self-as-context (SAC), within the PF model.
This "contextual self" is defined as a sense of self that is not based upon self-evaluations and is separate from one's thoughts and feelings.
This could also be referred as, taking a point of view on one's psychological experiences, or as "perspective taking".
All items are rated on a scale from 0 (never true) to 6 (always true).
All items are positively keyed, and higher scores indicate higher PF.
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8 weeks
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Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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The WSAS is a five-item, reliable and validated, self-report measure of impairment in work and social functioning, or as we label in here, "functional impairment".
Each item is rated from 0 (no impairment) to 8 (very severe impairment).
WSAS items refer to work, home management, social and private leisure, and relationships.
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8 weeks
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Other Study ID Numbers
- IRAS ID 224386
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