Teens with chronic pain try dance as medicine
NCT ID NCT05689944
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether dance therapy can help teens aged 12-20 with chronic pain feel better and move more freely. 160 participants will either attend weekly dance sessions for 15 weeks or receive standard care. The goal is to see if dancing reduces pain intensity and fear of movement.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dance therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-drug way to help teens with chronic pain feel less pain and be less afraid of moving.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with no prior large-scale results. The benefit may be small or not last long, and dance therapy may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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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
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About 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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12 to 20 years
- 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: * Patients aged 12 to 20 years, girls or boys, with chronic pain. * Diagnosis of chronic pain made in a Pain Management Center * Patients followed in a Pain Management Center (to ensure that patients entering the protocol have pain that is not relieved by conventional treatments) * Patients who have given written consent for adults or whose parents have given consent for minors * Patients who are affiliated with or benefit from a social security system. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with other neurological or psychological disorders * Patients with psychiatric illnesses * Patients with chronic infectious, metabolic, cancerous, autoimmune diseases. * Non-communicating patients including deaf and hard of hearing patients * Patients or parents who do not speak or read French * Pregnant women * Dance or yoga professionals (dance or yoga teachers or those studying to become teachers)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon (CRNL)- INSERM U1028 - NEUROPAIN laboratory
RECRUITINGBron, 69677, France
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