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Single Session Pain Catastrophizing Treatment: Comparative Efficacy & Mechanisms

This study aims to compare the efficacy of a single session psychological treatment, "From Catastrophizing to Recovery" (FCR), with the current standard of care, group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) specifically on individuals with chronic low back pain suffering from Pain Catastrophizing (PC).

Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • Behavioral: "From Catastrophizing to Recovery" (FCR)
  • Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Behavioral: Health Education (HE)

Phase:

N/A

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Axial low back pain without radicular symptoms

   - Pain duration ≥ 6 months (per recent NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic
   Low Back Pain based on participant self-report

   - Average pain intensity ≥4/10 for the past month at screening visit

   - English fluency

   - Males and females 18-70 years of age

   - Pain Catastrophizing Score (PCS) ≥20

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Gross cognitive impairment

   - Active suicidal ideation or severe depression

   - Previous attendance in the active treatment groups (any FCR classes ever taken or CBT
   in the past 3 years)

   - Participating in any interventional research study or completed participation in the
   last 2 months; enrollment in an observational study is acceptable

   - Current substance abuse

   - Clear likelihood to disrupt fellow class participants (e.g., personality disorder) at
   the discretion of the study team

****Please visit the website to see if you are eligible: bit.ly/painreliefstudy ******

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - 70 Years

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Now accepting new patients

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Beth Darnall, PhD
(650) 497-0484
Not Recruiting