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Optimizing Pain Self-Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty

University of Virginia
NCT IDNCT06038240ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Target enrollment

150

Study length

about 3.8 years

Ages

18–85

Locations

1 site in VA

What this study is about

Researchers are testing whether savoring meditation, combined with pain neuroscience education, helps reduce pain and improve reward system function after knee replacement surgery compared to traditional pain self-management education. The trial will involve 150 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty who are randomized to either savoring meditation or pain self-management education for a year.

Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.

What you may be asked to do

  • 1.Participate in Pain Self-Management and Education
  • 2.Participate in Savoring Meditation

Participation Burden

What's physically and logistically required of participants.

Logistics & Travel
In-person visits

Requires travel to a study site

Physical Intervention
Standard

How treatment is administered

Treatment Assignment
Randomized & Blinded

You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.

Extracted study details

Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.

Endpoints

Primary: Numeric Rating Scale for Clinical Pain, Opioid Use

Secondary: Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (KOOS JR)

Body systems

Musculoskeletal