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Impact of Global Care of the Pain at Chronic Painful Patients Affected by Cystic Fibrosis

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Cystic Fibrosis
Interventions
Other: sophrology sessions at home
Registration Number
NCT01915875
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the global approach to the pain in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic or intermittent pain. The patients will receive in addition to an usual pharmacological and psychological management, sophrology sessions at home. The results of this study will provide a new strategy of management of the patient's pain.

Detailed Description

The majority of cystic fibrosis patients have chronic or intermittent pains. These pains have important consequences on the quality of life. Currently, the treatment is essentially pharmacological (essentially paracetamol) but it is not enough in presence of of visual analogue scale (VAS) \>4. In the study, the patients will receive in addition to an usual pharmacological and psychological management, sophrology sessions at home. The sophrology is a dynamic method of physical and psychical relaxation. This aims are to decrease the pain, to decrease the anxiety and to improve the everyday life. This study will provide a new global strategy of the management of the patients' pain.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
13
Inclusion Criteria
  • Cystic fibrosis patients defined by a test sweat and / or 2 pathogenic mutations
  • Patients over 10 years
  • Patients with pain symptoms (VAS> 4) recurrent (> 4 episodes / month) or permanent since more than 6 months
  • Agreement of patients, and parents (for children) for sophrology sessions conducted at home.
  • Patient affiliated to social security
Exclusion Criteria
  • Transplant patients or placed on a waiting list transplantation
  • Patients had a patient-support by techniques hypnosis or relaxation therapy, during or within 3 months.
  • Patients enrolled in another research interventional protocol.
  • Women without contraception or pregnant.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
sophrology sessionssophrology sessions at homeThe sophrology is a dynamic method of physical and psychical relaxation
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of maximum VAS6 months

Change of maximum VAS for the site presenting a max VAS in the month following the inclusion.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VEMS6 months

improvement of the VEMS

SaO26 months

improvement of the SaO2

number of paroxystic episodes6 months

Change of the number of paroxystic episodes

CVF6 months

improvement of the CVF

Improvement of the quality of life6 months

Questionnaire of Quality of life CFQ 14 + and CHILD: physical functioning, vitality, body image and respiratory symptoms

intensity of maximum VAS of the painful episodes6 months

Change of the intensity of maximum VAS of the painful episodes between the month following the inclusion and last month of the study (for all the sites)

BMI6 months

improvement of the BMI,

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

hôpital Necker Enfants malades

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Paris, France

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