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Clinical Trials/NCT06891989
NCT06891989Not yet recruitingNot Applicable

Effects of a Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Intervention in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Mayo Clinic1 site in 1 country282 target enrollmentStarted: October 1, 2026Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Enrollment
282
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Change in Pain intensity in people with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) as assessed by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS).

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 6-week app-guided MM intervention compared to a 6-week app-guided health education AC condition on pain intensity, pain interference, depression, and anxiety.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Double (Care Provider, Investigator)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Traumatic SCI of at least 6 months duration
  • •Chronic pain [defined as pain lasting at least 3 months with a pain intensity rating of 4 or higher on a 10-point visual analog scale]
  • •Understand spoken and written English sufficiently to provide informed consent, participate in the intervention and complete study surveys

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Lack of daily internet access
  • •Inability to demonstrate comprehension of informed consent by correctly answering 4 out of 5 questions about the study
  • •Significant visual/hearing impairment that does not allow use of the MM app's audiovisual presentations
  • •Use of any meditation more than once a week in the last 3 months
  • •Inability to provide or obtain an email address for registration to the AC intervention and/or communication with study staff
  • •Inability to provide a phone number for communication with study staff

Arms & Interventions

Mindfulness meditation (MM)

Experimental

Intervention: Mindfulness meditation (MM) Intervention (Other)

Active Control (AC)

Active Comparator

Intervention: Health Education Active Control Intervention (Other)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Pain intensity in people with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) as assessed by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS).

Time Frame: baseline , post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline)

Pain will be measured on Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) from 0(no pain) to 10(pain as bad as you can imagine)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Change in pain interference as assessed by the Spinal Cord Injury - Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Pain Interference scale(baseline , post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline))
  • Change in depression as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)(baseline , post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline))
  • Change in anxiety as assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)(baseline , post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline))

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Radha Korupolu

Principal Investigator

Mayo Clinic

Study Sites (1)

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