Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Specific App to Delivery Mindfulness Sessions

NCT ID: NCT05101837

Last Updated: 2025-01-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-20

Study Completion Date

2023-11-20

Brief Summary

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A standardized behavioural approach based on mindfulness delivered mainly by a specific APP on android will be developed and applied for patients with chronic pain conditions, as migraine and neuropathic pain.

The aim of this pilot study:

The investigators propose a pilot study to enforce the application of a Home-program for patients with different pain conditions, to learn mindfulness practice, added to a regular mindfulness guided face-to-face program, by using the technology with android to receive mindfulness sessions for daily practice and to assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of behavioural approach base on mindfulness delivered with this modality.

Detailed Description

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Background and significance Different clinical experiences confirmed the effectiveness of interventions based on the application of standardized behavioural approaches to support pharmacological traditional treatments for pain conditions in the last decades. Also, different clinical experiences were performed by using electronic devices to deliver home-sessions of behavioral approach (mindfulness) to patients that can practice regularly and supported by mindfulness recorded sessions

The aspect of feasibility of these treatments is not reported in published studies, but it can be estimated that standardized behavioural therapies are used in helping patients to obtain a better outcome for pain management

In particular, the use of technology to deliver behavioral exercises to patients suffering from different pain conditions, as neuropathic pain and migraine, have been reported in the literature of the last decades. Exercise-based on telemedicine and smartphone applications seem appropriate, as they have been recently tested in the management of chronic pain conditions to reinforce the efficacy of pharmacological therapies and to teach patients to manage their pain and to be more conscious about their clinical condition and about the use of drugs.

Conditions

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Migraine Neuropathic Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

independent interventional non pharmacological pilot study with APP for mindfulness practice on android
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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MIND-GROUP

Daily mindfulness sessions on android

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Home program

Intervention Type DEVICE

Regular mindfulness guided face-to-face program, by using the technology with android to receive mindfulness sessions for daily practice and to assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of behavioural approach base on mindfulness delivered with this modality

Interventions

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Home program

Regular mindfulness guided face-to-face program, by using the technology with android to receive mindfulness sessions for daily practice and to assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of behavioural approach base on mindfulness delivered with this modality

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* diagnosis of Neuropathic Pain and Chronic Migraine
* written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* co-existent severe medical or psychiatric illnesses, documented by specific previous diagnoses
* seizures
* use of opioids
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

Milan, Italia, Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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Adamse C, Dekker-Van Weering MG, van Etten-Jamaludin FS, Stuiver MM. The effectiveness of exercise-based telemedicine on pain, physical activity and quality of life in the treatment of chronic pain: A systematic review. J Telemed Telecare. 2018 Sep;24(8):511-526. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17716576. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28696152 (View on PubMed)

Alexander JC, Joshi GP. Smartphone applications for chronic pain management: a critical appraisal. J Pain Res. 2016 Sep 26;9:731-734. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S119966. eCollection 2016. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27713649 (View on PubMed)

Baer RA, Smith GT, Hopkins J, Krietemeyer J, Toney L. Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment. 2006 Mar;13(1):27-45. doi: 10.1177/1073191105283504.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16443717 (View on PubMed)

Friedman DI, Rajan B, Seidmann A. A randomized trial of telemedicine for migraine management. Cephalalgia. 2019 Oct;39(12):1577-1585. doi: 10.1177/0333102419868250. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31450969 (View on PubMed)

Rizzoli PB, Grazzi L. Adaptation of the management of chronic migraine patients with medication overuse to the suspension of treatment protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from a tertiary headache center in Milan-6-month results. Headache. 2021 Jun;61(6):961-962. doi: 10.1111/head.14140. Epub 2021 Jun 21. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34153116 (View on PubMed)

Linardon J. Can Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion Be Learned by Smartphone Apps? A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Behav Ther. 2020 Jul;51(4):646-658. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.10.002. Epub 2019 Nov 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32586436 (View on PubMed)

Morisky DE, Ang A, Krousel-Wood M, Ward HJ. Predictive validity of a medication adherence measure in an outpatient setting. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 May;10(5):348-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07572.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18453793 (View on PubMed)

Qubty W, Patniyot I, Gelfand A. Telemedicine in a pediatric headache clinic: A prospective survey. Neurology. 2018 May 8;90(19):e1702-e1705. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000005482. Epub 2018 Apr 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29626180 (View on PubMed)

Rosser BA, Eccleston C. Smartphone applications for pain management. J Telemed Telecare. 2011;17(6):308-12. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2011.101102. Epub 2011 Aug 15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21844177 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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BE_BI_MIND_APP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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