Clinical trial · Interventional
Pain Education Program Optimization (PEPO) Trial
Optimization of a Chronic Pain Self-management Program - a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
- 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)
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two different modes of delivering a self-management program for chronic pain (independently vs. with additional support) on pain-related disability. Participants with chronic musculoskeletal pain will take part in a 10-week online pain self-management program. For the participants in the group with additional support, the intervention will also include two physiotherapist-led sessions and one group session with other participants. The hypothesis is that the results will support that both modes of delivery could be effective, but the self-management program with additional support will be more effective for reducing pain intensity and pain disability compared to the self-management program alone.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Musculoskeletal Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional support for self-management program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Pain self-management program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Pain self-management
- description
- Participants will complete an online pain self-management education program by themselves as it is intended.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Pain self-management program
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pain self-management with support from a physiotherapist
- description
- Participants will complete an online pain self-management education program, and, during the treatment period, will take part in two sessions with a physiotherapist and one group session led by a peer living with chronic MSKP.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Pain self-management program
- Behavioral: Additional support for self-management program
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Having musculoskeletal pain for more than 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to participate throughout the 26 weeks of the study. * Having a diagnosis of rheumatoid, inflammatory or neurodegenerative diseases, fibromyalgia or of complex regional pain syndrome. * Having received a corticosteroid injection in the previous twelve weeks.
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