Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial SPARC Mind-Body Medicine Greg Esmer DO Staff Physician Osteopathic Advantage 4/16/2011

Disclosures  I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation.

Learning Objectives  Become familiar with the design and implementation of this trial  State whether this trial supports the treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome with Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial  Investigators: Greg Esmer DO (co-PI), James Blum Ph.D (co-PI), Joanna Rulf OMS IV, and John Pier MD.  A Single-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blinded, Parallel- Group-Design Clinical Trial

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial  Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 2010;110(11):  Funded by University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Osteopathic Heritage Fund

Mindfulness?

Mindfulness  Awareness where thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations are accepted as is  Developed within several religious traditions over the past 2500 years

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)  A clinical education treatment approach for chronic illness  Mindfulness presented in a secular, healthcare context  Developed at UMass Medical Center  Over 600 MBSR Instructors worldwide  8 week course

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)  Back or leg pain that persists or recurs after one or more surgical procedure on the lumbosacral spine  Yearly incidence of FBSS is estimated to be between 25,000 and 80,000  Pain from FBSS is often debilitating and recalcitrant to treatment

Subject Procurement  Subjects with FBSS were recruited from a multidisciplinary spine center in Portland, Maine  220 study invitation letters sent  40 subjects were randomized  19 randomized MBSR  21 randomized to Waitlist Control  15 subjects analyzed in MBSR group  10 subjects analyzed in Waitlist Control

2 Tiered Trial Design  12 week Randomized Clinical Trial  MBSR Intervention arm  Waitlist/Control arm  40 week Observational  No Control group

Intervention Reliability  Course Instructors completed the UMass Teacher Development Intensive  Professional experience in Healthcare, Education, or Social Change  Longstanding Meditation and Body Centered (Yoga) Practice  Completed a 10 day Silent, teacher led, Meditation Retreat  Course Instructors: Sue Young MA & Greg Esmer DO.

MBSR and FBSS Outcome Measures  Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ)  Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ)  Abridged Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)  Analgesic Medication Log  Summary Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Pain

MBSR and FBSS  Baseline Characteristics  No statistically significant differences in age, gender, height, weight, health status  No history of workers compensation  Relatively low RMDQ (~7) ie. high function for the FBSS population

MBSR and FBSS  15/19 (79%) completed the MBSR course  10/21 (48%) completed the Waitlist Control

Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire Control 12 week n=10 MBSR 12 week n=15 P value 12 week Control v MBSR MBSR 40 week n=15 Range -0.1 (1.9) -3.6 (3.4) < (3.5) 0-24 scale Standard deviation in parentheses 0=high function, 24=low function

RMDQ / function  Differences from Baseline at 12 and 40 weeks  0-24 point scale  12 week p<0.005  clinically and statistically significant 0=high function 24=low function

Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire Control 12 week n=10 MBSR 12 week n=15 P value 12 week Control v MBSR MBSR 40 week n=15 Range -6.7 (11.0) 7.0 (13.5) < (8.4) scale Standard deviation in parentheses 0=low pain acceptance, 108=high pain acceptance

CPAQ / quality of life  Differences from Baseline at 12 and 40 weeks  point scale  12 week p<0.014  clinically and statistically significant 0=low pain acceptance 18=high pain acceptance

Mr Chambers enters a period of self-acceptance

Abridged Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Control 12 week n=10 MBSR 12 week n=15 p value 12 week Control v MBSR MBSR 40 week n=15 Range -0.2 (1.7) 2.0 (3.5) < (3.3) 0-5 scale Standard deviation in parentheses 0=low sleep quality, 5=high sleep quality

Abridged PSQI / Sleep  Differences from Baseline at 12 and 40 weeks  0-5 point scale  12 week p<0.047  clinically and statistically significant 0=poor sleep quality 4=good sleep quality

Analgesic Medication Log Control 12 week n=10 MBSR 12 week n=15 P value 12 week Control v MBSR MBSR 40 week Range 0.4 (1.1) -1.5 (1.8) <0.001No results 0-4 scale Standard deviations in parentheses 0=no analgesics, 2=daily non-narcotic analgesics, 4=daily narcotic analgesics

Analgesic Medication Log  Differences from Baseline at 12 weeks  0-4 point scale  12 week p<0.001  clinically and statistically significant 0=no analgesics, 2= daily non-narcotic analgesics, 4= daily narcotics

Summary Visual Analog Scale for Pain Control 12 week n=10 MBSR 12 week n=15 P value 12 week Control v MBSR MBSR 40 week n=15 Range -0.2 (6.0) -6.9 (6.9) < (8.3) 0-30 scale Standard deviation in parentheses 0=no pain, 30=worst pain imaginable

Summary VAS for Pain  Differences from Baseline at 12 and 40 weeks  0-30 point scale  12 week p<0.021  clinically and statistically significant 0=no pain, 30= worst pain imaginable

Outcome Measures  Statistical and Clinical Significance achieved at 12 weeks for RMDQ, CPAQ, Abridged PSQI, Analgesic Log, and Summary VAS for Pain  Gains were maintained at 40 weeks for the uncontrolled portion of the study

MBSR in PDX  Courses are taught Dr. Esmer at Osteopathic Advantage in Johns Landing  Next course begins on April 27  Wednesday nights, 6:30pm-8:00pm  8 week course  Call for course details 

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