FibromyalgiaNCT04571853
New Educational Tool for FM
A study testing PNE-explained group, PNE-read group and TAU group in people with Fibromyalgia, run by Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute at 1 site in Spain.
Trial summary
This study aims at analyzing the usefulness of a new educational tool developed by Pain Revolution, a compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 75 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Fibromyalgia
- What is being tested?
- PNE-explained group, PNE-read group and TAU group
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 300 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSpain
- Study dates
- 21 Sep 2020to 10 Oct 2021
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 75 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Adults from 18 to 75 years-old.
- 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria + the 2011 modified ACR diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia
- Able to understand Spanish and accept to participate in the study.
Who cannot join
- Participating in concurrent or past RCTs (previous year).
- Comorbidity with severe mental disorders (i.e. psychosis) or neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. Alzheimer) that that would limit the ability of the patient to participate in the RCT.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Spain1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Mayte Serrat
Barcelona, 08023
Mayte Serrat, MSc, +34934893891 ext. 6644, mserrat@vhebron.net
+34934893891, elena.granell@vhir.org
About this study
Official title: Usefulness of a New Educational Tool for Understanding Pain for Fibromyalgia Patients
This study aims at analyzing the usefulness of a new educational tool developed by Pain Revolution, a compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group. The present study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read and explained.
Read the detailed description
Main objective
A compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz have been developed in order to provide overall population current pain-science knowledge. The present study aims at analyzing the usefulness of this new tool based on pain neuroscience education (PNE) in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group.
Secondary objective
Due to the extended content of the fact sheets, these can be delivered to the patient as a reading material or can be used as a support material in a educational presentation. Therefore, this study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read autonomously by the patient and explained by a pain-science expert to the patient.
This is a tree-arm RCT: TAU group and intervention group with 2 different groups as follows:
The intervention program is divided in two groups. Both groups will be provided with the PNE fact sheets but in different format (read and explained) and will be given one week to comprehend the content before to assess their knowledge. Therefore, intervention groups will be informed that a quiz about the fact sheets will be delivered to each one in order to asses their acquired knowledge.
There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Being tested
- PNE-explained group, PNE-read group, TAU group
- Keywords
- Fibromyalgia, Pain Neuroscience Education, Pain, Fact Sheets
- Medical subject headings
- Fibromyalgia, Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
PNE-explained groupBehavioural
There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.
PNE-read groupBehavioural
The PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet.
TAU groupBehavioural
Participants allocated to this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professiona
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| PNE-explained group | Experimental | The participants in the PNE-explained group will be explained the fact sheets with an explanatory video (due to COVID-19 circumstances) conducted by the therapist M.S. The video will last one hour approximately and it contains a presentation by Mayte Serrat with a view of the fact sheets. This group will be given one week to watch the video and comprehend its content. Receives: Behavioral: PNE-explained group |
| PNE-read group | Active comparator | The PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet. Receives: Behavioral: PNE-read group |
| TAU group | Active comparator | Participants allocated into this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professional. Receives: Behavioral: TAU group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Pain Revolution Quiz
The Pain Revolution Quiz comprises two main sections: one first section related to the acquired knowledge after the fact sheets and the second section incorporates 4 questions with feedback about the learning process. The first section encompasses 26 items which are used to measure acquired knowledge by the subjects after being provided the 9 fact sheets content. The 26 items are answered on multicomponent choices of three possible alternatives: true, false and I don't know. Total scores can range from 0 to 26. Some of the items respond to reverse score, such as 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 25, 26. This tool has been recently developed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia. The adequate internal consistency and acceptable test-retest reliability is currently being studied. In the same manner, the Spanish version is evaluated for first time in the present study.
Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 week]
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Oct 2020
- Study start21 Sep 2020
- Primary completion10 Oct 2021 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Oct 2021 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for FibromyalgiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Parallel Assignment Single-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of South Australia
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Lorimer Moseley, PhD, Principal investigator, University of South AustraliaSara Marsall, PhD, Study director, Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04571853
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- NEW EDUCATION TOOL
- Status last verified
- Sep 2020
- First submitted
- 26 Sep 2020
- Last updated
- 1 Oct 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Lopez-Garcia R, Serrat M, Sanabria-Mazo JP, Perez-Aranda A, Almirall M, Delgadillo J, Espelt A, Luciano JV, Nieto R, Feliu-Soler A. Predicting Nonresponse to Multicomponent Treatment in Fibromyalgia: Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model. Clin J Pain. 2026 May 1;42(5):e1367. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001367.
PubMed 41766528
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Oct 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Usefulness of a New Educational Tool for Understanding Pain for Fibromyalgia Patients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04571853
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NEW EDUCATION TOOL
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Keywords
- Fibromyalgia, Pain Neuroscience Education, Pain, Fact Sheets
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of South Australia
- Study start
- 21 Sep 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 10 Oct 2021 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 10 Oct 2021 (estimated)
- First posted
- 1 Oct 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study aims at analyzing the usefulness of a new educational tool developed by Pain Revolution, a compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group. The present study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read and explained.
Detailed description
Main objective
A compendium of 9 fact sheets along with a related quiz have been developed in order to provide overall population current pain-science knowledge. The present study aims at analyzing the usefulness of this new tool based on pain neuroscience education (PNE) in patients from the Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona suffering from fibromyalgia, compared to a non-education group.
Secondary objective
Due to the extended content of the fact sheets, these can be delivered to the patient as a reading material or can be used as a support material in a educational presentation. Therefore, this study also aims at comparing the usefulness of the new tool based on PNE in two different formats: read autonomously by the patient and explained by a pain-science expert to the patient.
This is a tree-arm RCT: TAU group and intervention group with 2 different groups as follows:
The intervention program is divided in two groups. Both groups will be provided with the PNE fact sheets but in different format (read and explained) and will be given one week to comprehend the content before to assess their knowledge. Therefore, intervention groups will be informed that a quiz about the fact sheets will be delivered to each one in order to asses their acquired knowledge.
There are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (investigator, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 3
- Model description
- Parallel Assignment Single-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| PNE-explained group | Experimental | Behavioral: PNE-explained groupThe participants in the PNE-explained group will be explained the fact sheets with an explanatory video (due to COVID-19 circumstances) conducted by the therapist M.S. The video will last one hour approximately and it contains a presentation by Mayte Serrat with a view of the fact sheets. This group will be given one week to watch the video and comprehend its content. |
| PNE-read group | Active comparator | Behavioral: PNE-read groupThe PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet. |
| TAU group | Active comparator | Behavioral: TAU groupParticipants allocated into this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professional. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Adults from 18 to 75 years-old.
- 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria + the 2011 modified ACR diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia
- Able to understand Spanish and accept to participate in the study.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Participating in concurrent or past RCTs (previous year).
- Comorbidity with severe mental disorders (i.e. psychosis) or neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. Alzheimer) that that would limit the ability of the patient to participate in the RCT.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| PNE-explained groupThere are 9 fact sheets overall. And each fact sheet incorporates two pages relating to one main concept. The first of two pages introduces the concept, and the second one quotes important ideas that emerge from the main concept. The 9 main concepts and consequent ideas presented in the fact sheets are based on current scientific research in pain science and have been selected and structured specifically for PNE education for chronic pain patients. The fact sheets have been fully developed and designed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia. | Behavioural | PNE-explained group |
| PNE-read groupThe PNE-read group will receive the fact sheets via email along with instructions regarding the content and the procedure to read the content. Instructions will suggest to read only two fact sheets per day during 4,5 days. It will be suggested to take 30 minutes at least for each fact sheet. | Behavioural | PNE-read group |
| TAU groupParticipants allocated to this group will maintain treatment as usual (TAU) and will follow the recommendations by their usual health professiona | Behavioural | TAU group |
Primary outcome
Pain Revolution Quiz
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 week]
The Pain Revolution Quiz comprises two main sections: one first section related to the acquired knowledge after the fact sheets and the second section incorporates 4 questions with feedback about the learning process. The first section encompasses 26 items which are used to measure acquired knowledge by the subjects after being provided the 9 fact sheets content. The 26 items are answered on multicomponent choices of three possible alternatives: true, false and I don't know. Total scores can range from 0 to 26. Some of the items respond to reverse score, such as 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 25, 26. This tool has been recently developed by Pain Revolution, a pain educator network founded by Professor Lorimer Moseley, group leader in Body in Mind Research Group from University of South Australia. The adequate internal consistency and acceptable test-retest reliability is currently being studied. In the same manner, the Spanish version is evaluated for first time in the present study.
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Oct 2020.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41766528Lopez-Garcia R, Serrat M, Sanabria-Mazo JP, Perez-Aranda A, Almirall M, Delgadillo J, Espelt A, Luciano JV, Nieto R, Feliu-Soler A. Predicting Nonresponse to Multicomponent Treatment in Fibromyalgia: Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model. Clin J Pain. 2026 May 1;42(5):e1367. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001367.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Lorimer Moseley, PhD principal investigator
University of South Australia
Sara Marsall, PhD study director
Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing PNE-explained group, PNE-read group and TAU group in people with Fibromyalgia, run by Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute at 1 site in Spain.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Mayte Serrat, MSc (+34934893891 ext. 6644, mserrat@vhebron.net), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Pain Revolution Quiz (time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 week]). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04571853, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Oct 2020; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 27 Oct 2026.