NCT01287481

Pain and Stress Management for Fibromyalgia

Emotional Exposure and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for Fibromyalgia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 230 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wayne State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This interventional, randomized controlled study seeks to test the effects of an innovative emotional exposure and processing treatment that targets stress resolution, by comparing it with cognitive-behavioral therapy and a Fibromyalgia education comparison condition. The investigators also will test proposed mediators of the intervention, including improved autonomic regulation, and explore which subgroups of patients benefit the most from each approach.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Stress and Emotions	Focus on emotions, writing about stress, assertiveness training, role playing new ways to handle relationships, and sharing feelings and experiences with others.
BEHAVIORAL	Thoughts and Behaviors	Focus on cognitive and behavioral skills, such as relaxation, increasing pleasant activities, pacing, and changing ways of thinking.
BEHAVIORAL	Brain and Body	Focus on the empowering patients by providing the latest scientific information about fibromyalgia, including causes, the role of the nervous system, and various treatments.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2011-02-01
• Last updated: 2016-03-17

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States