Can nursing care ease fibromyalgia symptoms during pregnancy?
NCT ID NCT07821892
First seen Sep 16, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Pregnancy can worsen fibromyalgia symptoms like pain, fatigue, and poor sleep, affecting both mother and baby. This trial tests a community-based nursing program that combines weekly education sessions with twice-weekly exercise, including prenatal yoga and stretching, for pregnant women in their first or second trimester. Researchers will measure whether the program improves quality of life using a fibromyalgia-specific scale. The trial enrolls about 100 women and runs for 8 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community-based nursing support with weekly education and twice-weekly exercise sessions
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give pregnant women with fibromyalgia a structured, non-drug way to manage pain, fatigue, and sleep problems during pregnancy.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small and tests a support program rather than a medicine, so results may not hold for all pregnant women with fibromyalgia. Exercise and education programs can be hard to stick with, and pregnancy symptoms vary widely.
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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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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- 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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Female participants only
- 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: * pregnant women diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1st or 2nd trimester. * Age ≥18 years Exclusion Criteria: * those suffering from severe cognitive or mental disorder * Having major obstetric complications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kafr el-sheikh University Hospital
Kafr ash Shaykh, Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt