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Effects of a Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Intervention in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain

NCT06891989 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 282

Last updated 2025-03-24

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Mindfulness meditation (MM) Intervention

Participants will be asked to download the Mindfulness Coach app that provides simple instructions and brief meditation exercises.This is a a gradual training program of 14 levels which will be completed in the first 2-3 weeks. Each level provides short readings about mindfulness and one or two guided meditations (a silent "seated practice" for increasing lengths of time plus typically an additional 8-13-minute meditation). As participants progress through the levels, they earn "badges" displayed in the app, and an image of a tree on the home screen grows as each successive level is completed.For the remaining weeks of the intervention, participants will select at least one (and ideally two) guided meditation per day from the complete list of available meditations.Participants will track their progress through weekly logs.

OTHER

Health Education Active Control Intervention

Participants will be asked to download and use the free TED Talk app, which will have 50 TED talk videos related to health that range from 3-20 minutes. Participants will be asked to watch or listen to these videos for ≥ 10 minutes daily for 6 days per week and complete weekly logs of the TED Talk app use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Radha Korupolu, MD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2029-06-30
Completion
2029-12-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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