NCT01940588

Neuropsychoanalytic Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome-Opioid Dependence

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Opioid Dependent Patients who have failed back surgery syndrome are detoxified and treated with a neuropsychoanalytic paradigm.

Detailed description

Patients were detoxified from opioid analgesics and treated with NSAIDs and other non-opioid analgesics, received neuropsychoanalytic therapy and low dose naltrexone. Patients kept a daily diary of: 0 - 10 pain, 0 - 10 function, hours worked, amount of alcohol drunk, illicit and licit drug use, number of health care provider appointments attended, number of self-help groups meetings attended across each of the six months of study. Six month outcomes of this approach with primary outcomes being sobriety, pain scores and function scores.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Neuropsychoanalytic therapy	Psychotherapy, medication management

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2013-09-12
• Last updated: 2015-01-06