NCT05306665NARecruiting

PREventing Pain After Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Start Date

1/13/2023

Completion Date

8/1/2026

Summary

The present study aims to adapt and modify a brief presurgical Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention aimed at preventing the transition to Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP) and reducing long-term opioid use. Investigators will then assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of the finalized intervention to prevent the transition to CPSP and reduce post-surgical opioid use six months following lumbar spine surgery. Finally, investigators will identify psychosocial and psychophysical phenotypes associated with response to this intervention.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 22 years to No maximum

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACT intervention

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Conditions

Pain, BackSpinal StenosisDisc HerniationSpondylosisSpondylolisthesisBack Injuries

Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 01467

United States