Effects of Multimodal Pain Therapy in Patients With Mixed Chronic Pain Syndromes

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Influence of a Multimodal Day-unit Pain Therapy on Pain Experience, Pain-related Disability and Depression in Patients With Chronic Pain Syndromes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01346202
• Other study ID #: EK-BR-28/10-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 27, 2011
• Last updated: July 12, 2013
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: July 2013

Study information

• Verified date: July 2013
• Source: Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Complex and chronified pain syndromes requires a specialized therapeutic concept. From patients with chronic low back pain the investigators know, that an interdisciplinary multi-modal approach may improve the therapeutic success. In this observational study the investigators investigated if the multi-modal pain therapy is also effective in patients with mixed chronic pain syndromes.

Description:

The multi-modal pain therapy includes:

• specific drug therapy

• pain education

• psychological therapy

• physical therapy

• behavioral therapy

• work hardening

• bio-feedback

• ergotherapy

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 260
• Est. completion date: July 2013
• Est. primary completion date: July 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age >= 18 years and <= 65 years

• verified chronic pain for more than 6 month

Exclusion Criteria:

• application for a pension

• non-accordance with multi-modal pain therapy

• dominant geriatric symptoms

• dominant psychiatric symptoms

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Klinikum St. Georg, Pain Center	Leipzig	Sachsen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	intensity of pain	pain intensity 1 year after multi-modale therapy compared with pain intensity before treatment	Change from Baseline in intensity of pain at 1 year	No
Secondary	pain disability index	pain disability index 6 month after multi-modale therapy compared with pain disability index before treatment	Change from Baseline in pain disability index at 6 months	No

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