Impact of Post-Traumatic stress disorder treatment by reconsolidation therapy on fibromyalgia syndrome
NCT ID NCT04950426
First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026
Summary
The aim of the study is to demonstrate a significant improvement in quality of life specific to patients with fibromyalgia syndrome in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder, treated with reconsolidation blockade. Patients receive a treatment with propranolol associated with reconsolidation blockade of traumatic story once a week during 6 weeks, with evaluation at inclusion and at 3 months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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17 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult over 18 years old * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome according to ACR 2016 criteria * PCL-5 \> 44 suggesting the presence of a comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder * Meet the DSM-5 criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder secondary to exposure to a traumatic event according to DSM-5 criteria, both unique or repeated and regardless of the date or location of the traumatic event. * Pain relief treatment and/or psychotropic treatment stabilized for a period greater than or equal to two months. * Signature of a consent form * Patient able to understand and read french Exclusion Criteria: * Psychotic disorders * Unstable bipolar disorder * Patients with a systolic blood pressure \< 100 mmHg or heart rate \< 55 as established during the initial visit * Significant anormal ECG * Medical contraindication to taking propranolol * Adverse reactions or previous intolerances to a beta blocker * Current intake of another beta blocker which can not be stopped during the protocol, regardeless the galenic. * Current intake of a drug with potential contraindication with the propranolol, according to the summary of product characteristics of the propranolol. * Patient under legal protection, under guardianship or under curatorship * Patient having suffered a head trauma for less than a year or with clinical symptoms and neurological sequelae * Known severe suicide risk (MINI-S and medical exam) * Current opioid addiction or alcohol dependence * Patients treated for less than 2 months with antidepressants or painkillers * Patients unafiliated to a social health care * Woman who is pregnant or breast-feeding or whithout efficient contraception
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit
Poitiers, France
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Centre Hospitalier Nord-Deux-Sèvres
Thouars, France
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