Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT05607381
Neural Mechanisms of Meditation for Opioid-Treated Chronic Low Back Pain
Neural Mechanisms of Meditation-Based Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Utah · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this research study is to see how a mindfulness meditation-based intervention affects pain. Specifically, we are interested in understanding the pain-relieving brain mechanisms of mindfulness meditation-based therapy for patients with opioid-treated chronic low back pain.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Meditation | Participants will complete 8 sessions of meditation training with therapy as a means of coping with chronic pain and opioid-related issues. |
| OTHER | Usual care | Participants will receive usual care for chronic low back pain (e.g., analgesic medication, pain management consultant from a physician, physical therapy, etc.). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-11-30
- Primary completion
- 2027-04-30
- Completion
- 2027-06-30
- First posted
- 2022-11-07
- Last updated
- 2026-02-03
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05607381. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.