Preventing Pain After Spinal Surgery with ACT

This study is testing a behavioral intervention called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people who are having spinal surgery for conditions like back pain, spinal stenosis, or disc herniation. The goal is to see if ACT can prevent long-lasting (chronic) pain after surgery and reduce the need for opioid pain medication. The ACT intervention involves a one-day workshop in person, followed by a phone call to help reinforce what you learned. We are looking for about 140 participants who are 22 years or older, speak English, and are scheduled for certain types of spinal surgery. The main way we'll know if the intervention is successful is by seeing how helpful participants find the ACT workshop immediately after it. This study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific treatment. It plans to enroll about 140 participants.
What's involved
Participants will attend a one-day in-person workshop and receive a telephone booster session.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study aims to assess outcomes six months following lumbar spine surgery.

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NCT05306665

PREventing Pain After Surgery

Completed
NAAges 22+InterventionalPrevention
Brigham and Women's Hospital
~125 participants
Updated 2026-08-19 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:ACT intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Treatment Helpfulness
Measured over Immediately following the ACT workshop
Pain, Back
Spinal Stenosis
Disc Herniation
Spondylosis
Spondylolisthesis
Back Injuries
1 sites across 1 states
Massachusetts1

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

scheduled to undergo fusion, discectomy, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, or foraminotomy
age 22 and older
able to communicate fluently in English

Exclusion

inability to complete study procedures due to delirium, dementia, psychosis, or other cognitive impairment
have a history of severe neurologic movement disorder
are pregnant or intent to become pregnant during study
have undergone previous spinal surgery
have spinal deformity, pseudarthrosis, trauma, infection, or tumor as primary indication for surgery
have undergone Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in last 2 years
  • Treatment HelpfulnessImmediately following the ACT workshop

    Treatment Helpfulness Questionnaire (THQ); Item assesses the perceived helpfulness of the ACT workshop and is rated from -5 (extremely harmful) to 5 (extremely helpful).