Substance Abuse Treatment for High Risk Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy

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Conditions studied: Substance Abuse

In brief

Chronic back pain patients are often dismissed from a pain center or a primary care practice when they are noncompliant with opioid therapy, instead of being offered treatments to reduce misuse and to improve compliance. Unfortunately, there are few treatment resources for such patients. This study seeks to remedy that problem, with the goal of reducing the rate of prescription opioid misuse among noncompliant patients through the use of novel tracking, education, and counseling interventions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00988962

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

84

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-06-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• chronic pain for >6 months
• history of taking daily opioids for pain for >6 months
• average >3 on a pain intensity scale of 0 to 10 over past week
• able to speak and understand English
• chronic neck or back pain as primary pain complaint
• willingness to participate

You may not qualify if…

• current opioid addiction (M.I.N.I. Section K)
• current diagnosis of cancer or any other malignant disease
• acute osteomyelitis or acute bone disease
• nonambulatory
• present or past DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, delusional disorder, psychotic disorder, or dissociative disorder
• pregnancy
• any clinically unstable systemic illness judged to interfere with treatment
• an acute condition requiring surgery
• taking opioids intermittently

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital Pain Management Center — Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

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