NCT05306665

PREventing Pain After Surgery

PREventing Pain After Surgery: a Feasibility and Acceptability Study of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Prevention of Chronic Post-surgical Pain (PREPS)

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present study aims to adapt and modify a brief presurgical Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention aimed at preventing the transition to Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP) and reducing long-term opioid use. Investigators will then assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of the finalized intervention to prevent the transition to CPSP and reduce post-surgical opioid use six months following lumbar spine surgery. Finally, investigators will identify psychosocial and psychophysical phenotypes associated with response to this intervention.

Conditions

• Pain, Back
• Spinal Stenosis
• Disc Herniation
• Spondylosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Back Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ACT intervention	One day in person workshop + telephone booster

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-13
• Primary completion: 2026-08-01
• Completion: 2026-08-01
• First posted: 2022-04-01
• Last updated: 2024-10-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States