Mindfulness therapy for older Black adults with chronic pain and early memory decline
Compares an adapted mindfulness therapy with a health program in older Black adults.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Where
- Boston, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Vs. the Health Enhancement Program for Chronic Pain and Early Cognitive Decline; The Feeling of Being Pilot RCT
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 60 people, planned
- Started
- 18 Oct 2026
- Expected to end
- 17 Sept 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Feeling of Being
- Health Enhancement Program
- Record updated
- 25 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for Black adults aged 50 or older with long-lasting muscle, joint or bone pain and early memory or thinking problems. It compares two group programs: an adapted mindfulness therapy and a health education program.
- Age
- 50 Years to 120 Years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Pain in muscles, joints, bones or nearby soft tissues, rated above 4 on a pain scale (NRS>4), lasting longer than 3 months. Early cognitive decline: either self-noticed or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Daily activities score (Functional Activities Questionnaire) below 9.
- Earlier treatment
- People cannot join if they had more than 8 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy, earlier mindfulness training, or counseling more than once a month.
- Biomarker or test result
- Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-41 score of 26 or more.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Current substance abuse or dependence
- Significant cognitive impairment
- Past or current psychosis
- Active suicidal thoughts or self-harm in the past 90 days
- Not fluent in English or not able to take part in person and by video
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Older adult (age ≥ 50)
- All individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the Black racial groups of Africa
- Pain in muscles, joints, bones, or associated soft tissues (NRS>4) lasting longer than 3 months
- Early Cognitive Decline (subjective or MCI)
- Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-41 score ≥ 26
- Functional Activities Questionnaire score < 9
- English fluency/literacy
- Ability and willingness to participate via in-person and video
- Willing to provide informed consent and comply with all aspects of the protocol
Who cannot take part
- History of previous training in mindfulness or undergoing counseling more than once a month
- Significant cognitive impairment
- History of more than 8 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy
- History of or current diagnosis of psychosis
- Current substance abuse/dependence
- Active suicidal ideation or self-harm within the past 90 days
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 50 and 120 years old?
Where in United States
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, United StatesContact: Kelly HoranNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to pilot a randomized controlled trial comparing an adaptation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to the health enhancement program for chronic pain and early cognitive decline. The main questions it aims to answer in a later fully powered randomized controlled trial are:
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* Is an adaptation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for older Black adults able to improve quality of life? * Will an adapted mindfulness based cognitive therapy reduce pain interference to a greater degree than a traditional health enhancement program?
The 2 groups in the trial
- Quiet FocusTreatment being tested
Treatment: Feeling of Being
- Health Enhancement ProgramExisting treatment, for comparison
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy vs the Health Enhancement Program for Chronic Pain and Early Cognitive Decline; The Feeling of Being Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
- Plain-language title
- Mindfulness therapy for older Black adults with chronic pain and early memory declineGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 15 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07785648, who can take part
- Record updated
- 25 August 2026