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Can a One-Day mindset workshop stop chronic pain after back surgery?

NCT ID NCT05306665

Prevention Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 19, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a brief form of talk therapy called acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can help prevent chronic pain after lumbar spine surgery. Adults scheduled for back surgery will attend a one-day workshop and a follow-up phone session before their operation. Researchers will check if the approach is practical and acceptable, and whether it reduces pain interference and opioid use six months later.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) — a brief behavioral intervention delivered in a one-day workshop plus a telephone booster session before surgery.
What this could lead to
If effective, this approach could offer a non-drug way to prevent chronic pain after back surgery and reduce long-term opioid use.
What could go wrong
This is an early feasibility study, so results may not confirm effectiveness. The intervention may not work for everyone, and individual responses can vary.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

125 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2023

Finished

Mar 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

22 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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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

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Back Injuries Back Pain Chronic Pain Intervertebral Disc Displacement spinal stenosis spondylolisthesis spondylosis

As listed by the trial registrant

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Back injuries Disc herniation Pain, back Spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis Spondylosis

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 01467, United States

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