NCT03066570

Graded Exposure in Patients With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: To investigate the effects of a cognitive behavioural intervention targeting specific fears in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy, on physical activity and quality of life.

Detailed description

Intervention: Graded Exposure in vivo (GEXP) is a second-generation cognitive-behavioural intervention, and is characterized by systematic and repeated exposure to feared movements, activities and/or sensations in order to decrease fear and subsequently increase physical activity. Main study parameters/endpoints: The purpose of this project is to develop and test a cognitive behavioural intervention targeting specific fears in patients with PDN, in order to increase physical activity and improve QOL.

Conditions

• Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
• Diabetic Neuropathies, Painful
• Neuralgia, Diabetic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Graded Exposure	Graded Exposure in vivo (GEXP) is a second-generation cognitive-behavioural intervention, and is characterized by systematic and repeated exposure to feared movements, activities and/or sensations in order to decrease fear and subsequently increase physical activity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-18
• Completion: 2019-03-18
• First posted: 2017-02-28
• Last updated: 2020-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands