Brief Pain Exposure Therapy (BPET) For Nociplastic Pain
United States125 participantsStarted 2024-03-04
Plain-language summary
This study is intended to test whether a brief Zoom-based behavioral treatment can help adults with fibromyalgia (FM), Lupus, chronic pelvic pain, and chronic low back pain learn effective strategies for reducing pain, disability and other problems that can come with fibromyalgia, Lupus, chronic pelvic pain, and chronic low back pain (such as depression or anxiety).
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Able to read, write and speak English
* Internet access and audio-visual conferencing capability (e.g., Zoom meetings by phone or computer) in the home
Fibromyalgia participants must have:
* Physician diagnosis of fibromyalgia
* OR: meet 2016 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Criteria for FM: Widespread pain index score is ≥ 7 and symptom severity scale score is ≥ 5, or widespread pain index score is 4 to 6 and symptom severity score is ≥ 9
* OR: have pain self-reported in 4 out of 7 body regions in the General Sensory Sensitivity (GSS)-brief body map AND Opioid Use Disorder diagnosis by a physician.
Lupus participants must have:
* Physician diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus
* AND: Have pain self-reported in 4 out of 7 body regions in the GSS-brief body map
* AND: No change in medications or steroid dose for one month prior to entry (to avoid oscillation of steroid dosing during the study due to active disease).
Chronic Low Back Pain participants must have:
* Low Back Pain for at least half the days over the past 6 months
* Over the past 7 days, an average pain intensity of at least 4 out of 10
Exclusion Criteria:
* Indication of a co-occurring (non-fibromyalgia OR non-lupus) cause of chronic pain (e.g., inflammatory arthritis, other autoimmune disorders, spinal cord injury, cancer)
* Currently receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy or other psychological therapies for pain
* Open litigation regarding chronic pain in the past 1 year…
What they're measuring
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Change in pain intensity based on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale between day 1 (T1) and day 60 (T5)