Can talking and art ease fibromyalgia pain?
NCT ID NCT06135753
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a psychosomatic program for people with fibromyalgia, a condition causing widespread pain. The program combines group talks to reframe how patients think about their symptoms, plus museum therapy. Researchers aim to see if this approach reduces distress and improves quality of life. The trial involves 100 adults and is currently recruiting.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- psychosomatic intervention based on cognitive restructuring and museum therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new way to manage fibromyalgia symptoms by addressing the link between mind and body.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so benefits may be modest.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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: 1. able and interested in participating to the research, as proved by signed Informed consent; 2. a diagnosis of FM according to the Italian Society for Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines (Ariani et al., 2021) 3. age higher than 18 years Exclusion Criteria: 1. co-occurrence of psychiatric disorder(s) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders, 5th edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) as diagnosed via the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; 2. currently under psychotherapy; 3. pharmacological modifications during the period of the trial; 4. undergoing non pharmacological interventions during the period of the trial
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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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Rheumtoi Unit, Academic Hospital Careggi
RECRUITINGFlorence, Italia/Firenze, 50135, Italy
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