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Can a single day of therapy stop chronic pain after back surgery?

NCT ID NCT06750874

Prevention Sponsor: Samantha Meints Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This pilot study tested whether a one-day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshop, plus a follow-up phone call, could help prevent chronic pain after back surgery. 45 adults scheduled for spinal surgery took part. The study focused on whether the workshop was acceptable and feasible, and gathered early data on its helpfulness.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshop
What this could lead to
If this approach works, it could offer a brief, low-cost way to help people avoid long-term pain and opioid use after back surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early pilot study with no control group, so results may not be reliable or generalizable. The intervention is brief and may not be enough for everyone.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

45 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2023

Finished

Mar 2026

Lead sponsor

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

22 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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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 Pain, Postoperative spinal stenosis spondylolisthesis spondylosis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Back injury Back pain Spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis Spondylosis

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 01467, United States

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