PREventing Pain After Surgery

Launched by BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · Mar 23, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

The clinical trial titled "PREventing Pain After Surgery" is exploring a new way to help patients manage pain after back surgery. It focuses on a brief therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which aims to prevent long-lasting pain and reduce the need for opioid pain medications after surgery. The study will check how well this therapy works, how easy it is for patients to take part in, and whether it can help people avoid developing chronic pain six months after their lumbar spine surgery.

To participate in this trial, you need to be at least 22 years old, fluent in English, and scheduled for certain types of spine surgeries, such as fusion or discectomy. It's important to know that this study is not for individuals with severe cognitive issues, those who are pregnant, or anyone who has had significant spinal problems or previous spinal surgeries. If you join, you can expect to receive the ACT intervention and share your experiences, which will help researchers understand its effectiveness and how it can best support patients like you in managing pain after surgery.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • scheduled to undergo fusion, discectomy, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, or foraminotomy
• • age 22 and older
• • able to communicate fluently in English
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • inability to complete study procedures due to delirium, dementia, psychosis, or other cognitive impairment
• • have a history of severe neurologic movement disorder
• • are pregnant or intent to become pregnant during study
• • have undergone previous spinal surgery
• • have spinal deformity, pseudarthrosis, trauma, infection, or tumor as primary indication for surgery
• • have undergone Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in last 2 years