Chronic Migraine; Multiple Sclerosis; Motoneuron DiseaseKIMPONCT05623254
Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Program Delivered by Web to Patients During Hospitalization and Caregivers.
A study testing no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual) in people with Chronic Migraine; Multiple Sclerosis; Motoneuron Disease, run by Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta at 1 site in Italy.
Trial summary
Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results from examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report when during hospitalized for different disease… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 70 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Chronic Migraine; Multiple Sclerosis; Motoneuron Disease
- What is being tested?
- no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual)
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1 participants
- Where
- 1 siteItaly
- Study dates
- 2 Jan 2023to 31 Dec 2023
- 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 70 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients aged between 18 and 70 yrs; patients hospitalized at our neurological department; patients at the day hospital service
- Patients (age from 18 to 70 yrs) hospitalized suffering from: Chronic migraine with medication overuse; Neuropathic Pain; Multiple Sclerosis are included into the project and caregivers
Who cannot join
- patients not able to understand the italian language; patients with confirmed psychiatric comorbidities; patients who are not able to understand the consent module form and sign it; (or patients with mental capacity issues)
- Caregivers aged between 18-70 yrs old, will be admitted into the study if they fall in the 18-70 years age bracket, and understand the Italian language , in the absence of psychiatric conditions (reported specific therapy)
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Italy1 site
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Neuroalgology Unit
Milan, Milano, 20133
About this study
Official title: Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Program Delivered by Web to Patients During Hospitalization and Caregivers: a Pilot Study (KMPO Project)
Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results from examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report when during hospitalized for different disease conditions; these feelings are not related to the pathological condition.
Also the discomfort of the caregivers is significant, as the necessities and priorities of the family change significantly during the hospitalization of a member (worries about the future, help and support are not enough to sustain the situation, problems with the work schedule ). Nowadays in North American and North European countries, mindfulness practice is offered to patients by multifaith Chaplaincy teams and health-care operators (e.g. physicians, nurses, psychologists), as a way of helping patients come to terms with diagnosis and adjust to their prognosis. To the extent that patients can bear it, instructions are given to keep coming back to the present moment, here and now, to bodily and affective experience, relaxing in it. To that purpose patients are encouraged to accept the situation as it develops, and let go of excessive concerns and unhelpful narratives that undermine the capacity to manage pain, fear and suffering. Moreover, similar programmes are designed for caregivers and the patients' families, aimed at developing their resilience in delivering the support, via face-to-face sessions, and instructions and encouragement for a regular practice at home.
In the last years, due to the dramatic emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, different applications for mindfulness have been realized by specific APPs or web platforms that allow patients to practice mindfulness regularly guided by a physician or an expert in mindfulness: patients can stay at home and mindfulness sessions can be delivered by technological modalities. In different hospitals, protocols have been implemented for the treatment of patients remotely, using specific platforms or APPs. These remote interventions are complementary to the regular face-to-face sessions and they are suitable for most patients and easily applied.
Read the detailed description
Background: Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results from examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report when they are hospitalized for different disease conditions; these states of mind may be experienced independently of the type of pathological condition they are affected by Also the discomfort of the caregivers is significant, as the necessities and priorities of the family change significantly during the hospitalization of a member (worries about the future, help and support are not enough to sustain the situation, problems with the work schedule ) Significance: The practice of mindfulness has become common in different clinical applications, pain, anxiety and other kinds of disease. In particular protocols based on mindfulness practice are often combined to pharmacological therapies, as initial findings support the utility of mindfulness intervention to modulate attention and emotional reactions to pain chronification Meditation has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being. The practice has the purpose to teach individuals how to maintain focus on a stimulus while simultaneously allowing intruding thoughts/feelings to be acknowledged, but not judged.
Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results of examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report during hospitalization for different disease conditions; these states of mind may be experienced independently of the type of pathological condition the patients are affected by.
Also the discomfort of the caregivers is significant, as the necessities and priorities of the family change significantly during the hospitalization of a member (worries about the future, help and support are not enough to sustain the situation Nowadays in North American and North European countries, mindfulness practice is offered to patients by multifaith Chaplaincy teams and health-care operators (e.g. physicians, nurses, psychologists), as a way of helping them come to terms with the diagnosis and adjust to their prognosis. To the extent that they can bear it, instructions are given to keep coming back to the present moment, here and now, to bodily and affective experience, relaxing in it. To that purpose patients are encouraged to accept the situation as it develops, and let go of excessive concerns and unhelpful narratives that undermine the capacity to manage pain, fear and suffering.
Moreover, similar programmes are designed for caregivers and the patients' families, aimed at developing resilience in delivering their support, via face-to-face sessions, and instructions and encouragement for a regular practice at home.
In the last years, due to the dramatic emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, different applications for mindfulness have been realized by specific APPs or web platforms that allow patients to practice mindfulness regularly guided by a physician or an expert in mindfulness: patients can stay at home and mindfulness sessions can be delivered by technological modalities.
In several hospitals, different protocols have been implemented for the treatment of patients remotely, using specific platforms or APPs. These remote interventions are complementary to the regular face-to-face sessions and they are suitable for most patients and easily applied.
- Being tested
- no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual)
- Medical subject headings
- Multiple Sclerosis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual)Other
Learning the ability in mindfulness practice by specific measure (FFMQ) changes in FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE (FFMQ) compared to baseline): this questionnaire measures the mindfulness ability of patients before and after the APP application (minimum score 113.7-low mindfulness ability=worse outcome ; maximum score 144.3-high mindfulness ability=better outcome) [Time Frame: At Three-six months]
Introduction of the mindfulness program during a preliminary face-to-face session to patients and caregivers
TAU Weekly mindfulness sessions delivered on-line for patients and caregivers (a specific platform for on-line sessions will be used)
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| TAU + MINDF (Treatment-as -Usual + Mindfulness) | Other | Treatment-as-usual combined with weekly mindfulness sessions delivered on-line for patients and caregivers (a specific platform for on-line sessions will be used) Receives: Other: no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
MINDFULNESS
Learning the ability in mindfulness practice by specific measure (FFMQ) changes in FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE (FFMQ) compared to baseline): this questionnaire measures the mindfulness ability of patients before and after the APP application (minimum score 113.7-low mindfulness ability=worse outcome ; maximum score 144.3-high mindfulness ability=better outcome) [Time Frame: At Three-six months]
Measured: Three-six months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 Nov 2022
- Study start2 Jan 2023
- Primary completion31 Dec 2023
- Study completion31 Dec 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Chronic Migraine; Multiple Sclerosis; Motoneuron DiseaseStudies 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
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- A pilot, prospective, interventional, monocenter study
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Licia MI Grazzi, MD, Principal investigator, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05623254
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- KIMPO
- Acronym
- KIMPO
- Status last verified
- Mar 2023
- First submitted
- 28 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 1 Sep 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Sep 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Program Delivered by Web to Patients During Hospitalization and Caregivers: a Pilot Study (KMPO Project)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05623254
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- KIMPO / KIMPO
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo BestaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 2 Jan 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 21 Nov 2022 (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.
Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results from examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report when during hospitalized for different disease conditions; these feelings are not related to the pathological condition.
Also the discomfort of the caregivers is significant, as the necessities and priorities of the family change significantly during the hospitalization of a member (worries about the future, help and support are not enough to sustain the situation, problems with the work schedule ). Nowadays in North American and North European countries, mindfulness practice is offered to patients by multifaith Chaplaincy teams and health-care operators (e.g. physicians, nurses, psychologists), as a way of helping patients come to terms with diagnosis and adjust to their prognosis. To the extent that patients can bear it, instructions are given to keep coming back to the present moment, here and now, to bodily and affective experience, relaxing in it. To that purpose patients are encouraged to accept the situation as it develops, and let go of excessive concerns and unhelpful narratives that undermine the capacity to manage pain, fear and suffering. Moreover, similar programmes are designed for caregivers and the patients' families, aimed at developing their resilience in delivering the support, via face-to-face sessions, and instructions and encouragement for a regular practice at home.
In the last years, due to the dramatic emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, different applications for mindfulness have been realized by specific APPs or web platforms that allow patients to practice mindfulness regularly guided by a physician or an expert in mindfulness: patients can stay at home and mindfulness sessions can be delivered by technological modalities. In different hospitals, protocols have been implemented for the treatment of patients remotely, using specific platforms or APPs. These remote interventions are complementary to the regular face-to-face sessions and they are suitable for most patients and easily applied.
Detailed description
Background: Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results from examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report when they are hospitalized for different disease conditions; these states of mind may be experienced independently of the type of pathological condition they are affected by Also the discomfort of the caregivers is significant, as the necessities and priorities of the family change significantly during the hospitalization of a member (worries about the future, help and support are not enough to sustain the situation, problems with the work schedule ) Significance: The practice of mindfulness has become common in different clinical applications, pain, anxiety and other kinds of disease. In particular protocols based on mindfulness practice are often combined to pharmacological therapies, as initial findings support the utility of mindfulness intervention to modulate attention and emotional reactions to pain chronification Meditation has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being. The practice has the purpose to teach individuals how to maintain focus on a stimulus while simultaneously allowing intruding thoughts/feelings to be acknowledged, but not judged.
Hospitalization is often a traumatic event so stressful for the life of patients. Isolation, loneliness, worries about clinical examinations, results of examinations and final diagnosis, uncertainty about the future are the most common feelings that patients report during hospitalization for different disease conditions; these states of mind may be experienced independently of the type of pathological condition the patients are affected by.
Also the discomfort of the caregivers is significant, as the necessities and priorities of the family change significantly during the hospitalization of a member (worries about the future, help and support are not enough to sustain the situation Nowadays in North American and North European countries, mindfulness practice is offered to patients by multifaith Chaplaincy teams and health-care operators (e.g. physicians, nurses, psychologists), as a way of helping them come to terms with the diagnosis and adjust to their prognosis. To the extent that they can bear it, instructions are given to keep coming back to the present moment, here and now, to bodily and affective experience, relaxing in it. To that purpose patients are encouraged to accept the situation as it develops, and let go of excessive concerns and unhelpful narratives that undermine the capacity to manage pain, fear and suffering.
Moreover, similar programmes are designed for caregivers and the patients' families, aimed at developing resilience in delivering their support, via face-to-face sessions, and instructions and encouragement for a regular practice at home.
In the last years, due to the dramatic emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, different applications for mindfulness have been realized by specific APPs or web platforms that allow patients to practice mindfulness regularly guided by a physician or an expert in mindfulness: patients can stay at home and mindfulness sessions can be delivered by technological modalities.
In several hospitals, different protocols have been implemented for the treatment of patients remotely, using specific platforms or APPs. These remote interventions are complementary to the regular face-to-face sessions and they are suitable for most patients and easily applied.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- A pilot, prospective, interventional, monocenter study
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| TAU + MINDF (Treatment-as -Usual + Mindfulness) | Other | Other: no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual)Treatment-as-usual combined with weekly mindfulness sessions delivered on-line for patients and caregivers (a specific platform for on-line sessions will be used) |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 70 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Patients aged between 18 and 70 yrs; patients hospitalized at our neurological department; patients at the day hospital service
- Patients (age from 18 to 70 yrs) hospitalized suffering from: Chronic migraine with medication overuse; Neuropathic Pain; Multiple Sclerosis are included into the project and caregivers
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- patients not able to understand the italian language; patients with confirmed psychiatric comorbidities; patients who are not able to understand the consent module form and sign it; (or patients with mental capacity issues)
- Caregivers aged between 18-70 yrs old, will be admitted into the study if they fall in the 18-70 years age bracket, and understand the Italian language , in the absence of psychiatric conditions (reported specific therapy)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual)Learning the ability in mindfulness practice by specific measure (FFMQ) changes in FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE (FFMQ) compared to baseline): this questionnaire measures the mindfulness ability of patients before and after the APP application (minimum score 113.7-low mindfulness ability=worse outcome ; maximum score 144.3-high mindfulness ability=better outcome) [Time Frame: At Three-six months] Introduction of the mindfulness program during a preliminary face-to-face session to patients and caregivers TAU Weekly mindfulness sessions delivered on-line for patients and caregivers (a specific platform for on-line sessions will be used) | Other | TAU + MINDF (Treatment-as -Usual + Mindfulness) |
Primary outcome
MINDFULNESS
Time frame: Three-six months
Learning the ability in mindfulness practice by specific measure (FFMQ) changes in FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE (FFMQ) compared to baseline): this questionnaire measures the mindfulness ability of patients before and after the APP application (minimum score 113.7-low mindfulness ability=worse outcome ; maximum score 144.3-high mindfulness ability=better outcome) [Time Frame: At Three-six months]
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Sep 2026.
- 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.
Licia MI Grazzi, MD principal investigator
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing no comparator - TAU (Treatment-as-usual) in people with Chronic Migraine; Multiple Sclerosis; Motoneuron Disease, run by Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta at 1 site in Italy.
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 2 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Sep 2026. 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 Italy. 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
MINDFULNESS (time frame: Three-six months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 Sep 2026.