Clinical trial · Interventional
Mindfulness for Pain Management in Patients With Cancer
Thai Buddhism-based Mindfulness for Pain Management in Thai Outpatients With Cancer: A Pilot Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Using pharmacologic agents are often effective to treat patients with cancer pain, but there are associated with serious side-effects and risks of dependence and addiction. The Thai Buddhism-based Mindfulness (TBbM) intervention created by a widely respected Buddhist monk focuses on testing a meditation technique to manage pain. If effective, millions of patients who suffer with cancer pain will benefit from use of a safe, culturally appropriate, non-pharmacologic approach to pain management.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer, Metastatic | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Pain, Chronic | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer pain educational program | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Mindfulness training program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mindfulness
- description
- Receiving education program and mindfulness training
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Mindfulness training program
- Device: Cancer pain educational program
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control
- description
- Receiving education program
- interventionNames
- Device: Cancer pain educational program
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pain Change Over Time
- timeFrame
- Baseline, 4 weeks and 8 weeks
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Eligible patients will: * have any cancer type or stage, * be 18-60 years of age, * have a worst pain score \> 4 in the past 7 days, * be able to read and write the Thai language, * have a Karnofsky Performance status \> 70%, and * be willing to travel to the temple. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients will be diagnosed psychiatric illness * Patients will have the comorbidities (e.g., arthritis, bone metastasis, deformity, certain neurological conditions such as Brachial plexus nerve compression)
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTFish JA, Ettridge K, Sharplin GR, Hancock B, Knott VE. Mindfulness-based cancer stress management: impact of a mindfulness-based programme on psychological distress and quality of life. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2014 May;23(3):413-21. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12136. Epub 2013 Oct 10. PMID 24118428