Behavioral Interventions for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans With Chronic Pain

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Pain

In brief

The central aim of this proposed study is to test a multimodal, mindfulness-oriented intervention designed to disrupt the risk chain leading to prescription opioid dose escalation, opioid misuse and opioid addiction, which are mounting threats to active duty service members and Veterans with chronic pain conditions, who may develop disordered opioid use as a consequence of long-term opioid pharmacotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02935621

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

230

Starts

2017-04-01

Expected to finish

2022-12-15

Last updated by the study team

2023-03-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• men/women ≥18 years of age
• ability to understand and speak the English language
• current chronic pain diagnosis (including but not limited to ICD-9 diagnoses 338.0, 338.2xx, 338.
• current use of prescription opioids for >3 consecutive months.

You may not qualify if…

• Mindfulness training experience (participation in MBSR/MBRP)
• opioid withdrawal evidenced by score ≥13 on the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
• current cancer diagnosis
• having a psychiatric or medical condition that precludes the ability to provide informed consent or participation in outpatient treatment (e.g., psychosis, mania, acute intoxication

Where it is running

• George Wahlen VA Hospital — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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