Treatment Comparison in Chronic Pain

NCT ID: NCT04261530

Last Updated: 2021-04-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

644 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-03-17

Study Completion Date

2018-05-08

Brief Summary

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Chronic pain concernes one in four adults in Belgium. Because of the psychological and social repercussions, a biopsychosocial approach is necessary in order to improve the quality of life of people suffering from chronic pain. Non-pharmacological techniques such as hypnosis, self-care learning, music-therapy and psycho-education are gaining more and more interest in the scientific field. Indeed, several studies have shown a reduction in psychological distress and an improvement in global quality of life after having learned self-hypnosis/self-care. Furthermore, other studies focusing on music as a treatment for chronic pain highlight an analgesic effect of music over pain and a reduction of common comorbidities. Nevertheless, only few studies aim at comparing these techniques to each other. The aim of our study would be to compare a 7 months learning program of self-hypnosis/self-care, music-therapy/self-care, motivation to learn self-hypnosis/self-care and self-care alone in order to highlight the most efficient treatment for chronic pain.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Comparison of Different Treatment for Chronic Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Each patients will have a medical consultation and will have to fill-in questionnaires (T0). After, the care staff will have a multidisciplinary discussion and will randomize the participants to different treatment groups : self-hypnosis/self-care, music/self-care, self-care and psycho-education. Another group will be included but will not be randomized because it includes patients who demand to learn self-hypnosis/self-care (group named "self-hypnosis/self-care motivation"). After, participants will receive a 7 months (2 hours session a month) learning program of self-hypnosis/self-care animated by a therapist specialized in hypnosis or music/self-care (identical procedure but the hypnosis is replaced by music) or self-care or psycho-education at the end if which they will complete the same questionnaire (T2). A follow-up at 6 (T3) and 12 (T4) months will also be conducted to account for any long term effect.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Self-hypnosis/self-care group

It is a 7-months 2 hours-session (1 session per month) of self-hypnosis/self-care learning. Participants are given strategies to learn self-care (knowing their needs, self-respect, communication etc.), each strategy is discussed for participant to understand them and thus apply them correctly in daily life. An hypnosis exercice is conducted at the end of each session. A CD with the audiotaped hypnosis exercice is given to each patient so that they can practice also every day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Self-hypnosis/self-care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Music/self-care

It is a 7-months 2 hours-session (1 session per month) of music/self-care learning. Participants are given strategies to learn self-care (knowing their needs, self-respect, communication etc.), each strategy is discussed for participant to understand them and thus apply them correctly in daily life. At the end of each session, patients are invited to listen to a relaxing melody of 15 minutes. This melody was composed by a professional musico-therapist. A CD with the audiotaped melody is given to each patient so that they can practice also every day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music/self-care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Self-care

It is a 7-months 2 hours-session (1 session per month) of self-care learning. Participants are given strategies to learn self-care (knowing their needs, self-respect, communication etc.), each strategy is discussed for participant to understand them and thus apply them correctly in daily life.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Self-care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psycho-education

It is a 7-months 2 hours-session (1 session per month) of psycho-education training. Psycho-education aims to empower and encourage the patient to become an actor in his therapeutic management, while offering a comprehensive model of the mechanisms of pain, the benefits of pharmacological treatments at a physical and psychological level as well as ways to change the way one lives every day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psycho-education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Self-hypnosis/self-care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Music/self-care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Self-care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psycho-education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Major
* Fluency in French
* Chronic pain diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria

* Neurologic disorder
* Psychiatric disorder
* Drug addiction
* Alcoholism
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Liege

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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2015/85

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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