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NCT Number: NCT03836586

Study of Pain Catastrophizing

This study proposes to experimentally manipulate pain catastrophizing in order to investigate the neural mechanisms by which pain catastrophizing influences the experience of pain among non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) and non- Hispanic Whites (NHWs) with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Therefore, participants will be randomized to either a single session cognitive-behavioral intervention to reduce pain catastrophizing or a pain education control group.

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Key information

Conditions

Osteo Arthritis Knee

Age range

45 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UF Health at the University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • symptomatic knee OA

Exclusion criteria

  • Younger than 45 years of age or older than 85 years of age
  • Prosthetic knee replacement or other clinically significant surgery to the arthritic knee
  • uncontrolled hypertension (>150/95)
  • Heart disease including heart failure
  • Peripheral neuropathy in which pain testing was contraindicated
  • Systemic rheumatic disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, gout, and fibromyalgia
  • Neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, stroke with loss of sensory or motor function, or uncontrolled seizures
  • Significantly greater pain in body sites other than in the knee
  • Daily opioid use
  • Hospitalization within the preceding year for psychiatric illness
  • Currently pregnant or nursing/breastfeeding

Treatment and study plan

Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention

Behavioral

This intervention comprises three components: 1) general education about pain (e.g., pain pathways) and a rationale for the intervention (e.g., gate control theory); 2) impact of positive and negative pain-related thoughts on neural process of pain; and 3) a guided imaginal pain exposure exercise.

Pain education

Behavioral

General information about the neurobiology of pain and knee osteoarthritis will be given to participants assigned to this intervention.

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) at Day 2

    Time frame: Day 2

    13-item scale that assesses catastrophic thinking associated with pain. The study team will administer the PCS using traditional instructions (a measure of trait catastrophizing) and instructions to assess situation-specific catastrophizing ("Thinking back to your experience during the laboratory pain testing"). Thoughts and feelings concerning pain are ranked on a 0-4 scale, with 0 being the patient has this thought/feeling 'not at all' to 4, the patient has this thought feeling 'all the time.' The PCS total score is computed by summing responses to all 13 items. PCS total scores range from 0 - 52. Higher scores indicate the presence of catastrophizing and therefore worse outcome.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Florida

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Registry information

Official study title

Contribution of Pain Catastrophizing to Race Group Differences in Pain and Pain-Related Brain Responses in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)

Acronym: SPAC

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Feb 11, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 19, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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