Can a Two-Hour class ease chronic pain? new study tests mindfulness and CBT
NCT ID NCT07207174
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two short behavioral therapies—mindfulness (B-MORE) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—for adults with chronic pain. Both treatments are just two hours long and offered in English or Spanish. The goal is to see if these brief programs are practical and acceptable, and whether they help reduce pain, depression, and anxiety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- brief mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement (B-MORE) and brief cognitive-behavioral therapy (B-CBT)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a short, two-hour mindfulness or CBT session helps ease chronic pain and related symptoms like depression and anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage feasibility study with only 120 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The interventions are very brief, which may limit their effectiveness.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
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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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: * Having a chronic pain condition * Average pain of \> 3 in the last week * Willingness to engage with study assessments and interventions * Understanding English or Spanish instructions fluently * Age 18 and above. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to consent because of physical or mental incapacity * Have previous, formal mindfulness or CBT training (e.g., MBSR) * Have pain from a current cancer diagnosis * Unstable illness that may interfere with treatment * Had surgery within the previous three months * Had pain relieving injections, such as cortisone or hyaluronate, within the previous three months.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Research Building B
RECRUITINGTallahassee, Florida, 32310, United States
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