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- Clinical Trial NCT04265196
Group Therapy for Fibromyalgia:the Effectiveness of Mindfulness -Based VS Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
Group Therapy for Fibromyalgia: RCT Testing the Effectiveness of Mindfulness -Based Therapy Versus Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder, highly co-morbid with depression, stress, and anxiety. the investigators aim to examine the effect of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) among fibromyalgia patients. the investigators will also examine which intervention fits which patient, according to one's individual characteristics, in hope that this would enable Maccabi to offer personalized treatment. Furthermore, the investigators wish to identify the underlying cognitive and psychopathological mechanisms (measured during treatment) by which each intervention works.
First, the investigators expect that CBT and MBI will lead to greater improvement in physical, psychological, and behavioral measures among fibromyalgia patients compared to waitlist controls. Second, the investigators expect that MBI and CBT will have a differential effect, so that some outcome variables will show greater improvement following one intervention, but not the other. Furthermore, factors such as age, illness duration, symptom severity, and initial psychopathology levels will affect one's level of improvement following these interventions. Finally, the investigators expect to identify differential mechanisms driving each intervention. The study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT), including 90 fibromyalgia patients, randomly assigned to 3 conditions: (1) Group CBT (n=30), (2) MBI (n=30), (3) Waitlist control group, subsequently assigned to treatment (n=30). Participants will complete selfreport questionnaires tapping psychological (depression, stress), cognitive (observing negative experiences "from afar", cognitive flexibility towards pain) and physical (pain, body awareness) aspects, at 4 assessments: pre-/during/post- treatment, and 3 months after treatment.
To date, no RCT comparing CBT and MBI for fibromyalgia was conducted. Comparing them would be highly important, as they are the two most notable psychological interventions for chronic pain conditions. This study would enable Maccabi to offer improved psychological services for fibromyalgia. Furthermore, group therapy may serve as an effective treatment meeting both Maccabi's needs (a short, economic intervention) and patients' needs (a condition-specific treatment, offering group support and stigma reduction).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Ramat Gan, Israel
- Bar Ilan University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia
- Hebrew speakers
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are actively suicidal
- Patients who suffering from psychotic status
- Patients who are chronically use addictive substances,
- Patients who had unusual cognitive or physical disability that would prevent them from participating in mindfulness exercises
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: cognitive behavioral group therapy
A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy intervention is based on a unique protocol built in the light of previous research in the field and includes a 10-week treatment focused on coping with pain and stress.
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A unique protocol that includes cognitive-behavioral psychological therapy with emphasis on coping with pain
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Experimental: Mindfulness-based group therapy
A mindfulness-based group therapy intervention was built inspired by a mindfulness protocol that is effective in treating pain, and includes adjustments to the physical distress of fibromyalgia patients as well as an emphasis on coping with stress and pain.
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Unique protocol that includes mindfulness-based psychological therapy with emphasis on coping with pain
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No Intervention: control group
A control group will wait for 3 months, during which the subjects will complete the questionnaires and only after the end of the period will they participate in the treatment so that it will serve as a control group without intervention.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised (FIQR)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-report questionnaire, which includes 21 items and assesses symptoms and functioning of fibromyalgia patients, taking into account the frequency of symptoms, their intensity, and the degree of impairment of patient function
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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A 10-item questionnaire measuring the level at which events occurred in the individual's life in the past month is perceived as unpredictable, uncontrollable and overwhelming.
A higher score indicates a higher level of perceived stress.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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A self-reported 9-item questionnaire to measure symptoms of major depression.
The items relate to the key aspects of DSM, including thoughts of death, loss of appetite, sadness and mental pain, and negative cognitions.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Pain (VAS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-report questionnaire designed to measure pain intensity and unpleasantness caused by pain.
This questionnaire is widely used in pain clinics.
It includes one item that can be graded on a continuous scale that ranges from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain that can be).
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Sleep Quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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A questionnaire developed to measure sleep quality and sleep disorder.
The questionnaire includes 19 items measuring seven components of sleep (sleep quality, sleep onset, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance, sleep medication use, and daily functioning impairment) over the past four weeks.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mindfulness (Five Fact Mindfulness Questionnaire)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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The questionnaire includes 5 scales, which relate to various mindfulness factors - observing / paying attention to internal and external stimuli , the ability to verbally describe or label stimuli, behavior, non-judgmental and non-reactivity
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Psychological Inflexibility in Pain (PIPS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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A questionnaire designed to assess the extent to which a person is trying to control and struggle with physical pain, as opposed to trying and accepting it, and "making friends" with him.
The questionnaire includes 12 items.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Body Vigilance (BVS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-report questionnaire designed to examine attention regarding normal physical processes, periodic susceptibility / rhythm sensitivity, and ability to predict physical responses.
Each item in the questionnaire is rated on a 7-rank Likert scale (1 = not at all true, 7 = very true), with a higher score representing a higher body awareness.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Meta-cognition (MCQ-30)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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A self-report questionnaire designed to test metacognitive ability, with an emphasis on beliefs, judgment, and regulation.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Difficulties in emotion regulation (DERS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-report questionnaire designed to test difficulties in the emotional regulation process.
The questionnaire contains 36 items that relate to awareness of emotions and emotional reactions
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Pain Catastrophizing (PCS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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A questionnaire examining the tendency to intensify the threat and sense of helplessness arising from pain, and the inability to prevent it
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Trauma Exposure (The Life Events Checklist)
Time Frame: Pre-treatment
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An index that examines exposure to traumatic life events.
Exposure is rated at various levels (direct, indirect, experience)
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Pre-treatment
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Self- Compassion (SCS)
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-report questionnaire that examines the participant's compassionate ability.
The questionnaire refers to 3 components of compassion - Self-Kindness, Common Humanity and Mindfulness
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Distress tolerance
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-report questionnaire covering four different categories: perceived ability to bear emotional distress, subjective assessment of distress, attentiveness to negative emotions, and regulation efforts to reduce distress. A combination of categories allows for an overall measure of distress resistance |
change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Alexithymia
Time Frame: change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Self-Reporting Questionnaire Examining three subscales: (1) difficulty identifying feelings and distinguishing between feelings and bodily sensations in emotional activation, (2) difficulty in the verbal expression of emotions, and (3) externally oriented thinking.
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change through study completion, an average of 6 month
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Danny Horesh, Phd, Bar Ilan University
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Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 10112019
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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