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Mobile App Mindfulness for Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain

This study is looking at how a mobile app-based mindfulness program might help people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) who experience chronic pain. You could join if you are at least 18 years old, have had a traumatic SCI for at least 6 months, and have chronic pain (pain lasting at least 3 months with a rating of 4 or higher out of 10). The study will compare a "Mindfulness Coach" app to a "TED Talk" app focused on health education. Researchers will measure changes in your pain intensity after 6 weeks to see if the mindfulness app is effective. The current recruitment status is unclear, and the study plans to enroll 282 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study comparing two different app-guided programs. It plans to enroll 282 participants.
What's involved
You would download and use either the Mindfulness Coach app or the TED Talk app daily for 6 days per week over 6 weeks. You would also complete weekly logs and study surveys.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your pain intensity will be measured at the beginning of the study and again 6 weeks later, after the intervention.

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NCT06891989

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

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
Mayo Clinic
~282 participants
Updated 2026-08-20 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Mindfulness meditation (MM) InterventionHealth Education Active Control 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
Change in Pain intensity in people with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) as assessed by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS).
Measured over baseline , post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline)

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Florida1

Study leadership

  • Radha Korupolu, MBBS, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Mayo Clinic

Who to contact

Department Physical Medicine & Rehab
[email protected]
904-953-2000
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

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

What this trial measures

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