Dance-therapy and Chronic Pain in Adolescents
Official title: Effect of Dance-therapy on Chronic Adolescent Pain Patients - a Randomized Controlled Trial Study
Run by Hospices Civils de Lyon · NCT05689944 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study tests whether dance-therapy, along with art-therapy and yoga, can help adolescents with chronic pain feel less pain and anxiety and improve mood.
Quick facts
| Study type | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Ages | 12 Years to 20 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 160 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Hospices Civils de Lyon Academic / other |
| Locations | 1 site (Bron) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | March 1, 2024 |
| Main results expected | October 2030 |
| Study ends | October 2030 |
| Registry record updated | June 18, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT05689944 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates are youths aged 12–20 with chronic pain managed at a Pain Management Center and who speak French.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with significant neurological, psychiatric, infectious, metabolic, cancerous, or autoimmune comorbidities, or those unable to participate in dance/yoga activities, may not experience benefit.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
The trial focuses on adolescents aged 12–20 with chronic pain who have not had sufficient relief from standard treatments. It will explore the potential benefits of dance-therapy as part of a broader non-drug approach that includes art-therapy and yoga, aiming to reduce fear of movement and improve overall well-being. The study is conducted at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon with patients seen at a Pain Management Center. It is designed to observe safety and possible signals of benefit in a real-world clinical setting, guiding future research in body-based non-pharmacologic therapies for pediatric and adolescent chronic pain.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, participants may experience reduced pain intensity and anxiety, improved mood, and better functioning.
How similar studies have gone: Previous art-therapy approaches have shown reductions in pain and anxiety, but using body-centered therapies like dance for adolescents with chronic pain remains exploratory.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 12 to 20 years, girls or boys, with chronic pain. * Diagnosis of chronic pain made in a Pain Management Center * Patients followed in a Pain Management Center (to ensure that patients entering the protocol have pain that is not relieved by conventional treatments) * Patients who have given written consent for adults or whose parents have given consent for minors * Patients who are affiliated with or benefit from a social security system. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with other neurological or psychological disorders * Patients with psychiatric illnesses * Patients with chronic infectious, metabolic, cancerous, autoimmune diseases. * Non-communicating patients including deaf and hard of hearing patients * Patients or parents who do not speak or read French * Pregnant women * Dance or yoga professionals (dance or yoga teachers or those studying to become teachers)
Where it's running
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Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon (CRNL)- INSERM U1028 - NEUROPAIN laboratory
Bron, France Recruiting
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Maud FROT, INSERM Researcher
- Email: maud.frot@univ-lyon1.fr
- Phone: 04 72 35 78 88
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.