Status:

COMPLETED

Telephone Cognitive Behavior Therapy for OEF Veterans With Pain

Lead Sponsor:

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Conditions:

Chronic Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

We conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing telephone-delivered cognitive behavior therapy and pain education control. We enrolled 41 OEF/OIF/OND veterans with chronic pain and randomizing them...

Detailed Description

In the VHA, over 50% of OEF/OIF/OND veterans who are seen in primary care settings report disabling pain symptoms. Although cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is now commonly employed within interdiscip...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • To be eligible to participate in this study, potential subjects must have:
  • access to a telephone
  • documented pain for at least the past year
  • a pain disorder involving muscle strain and inflammation, trauma to nerves, or central nervous system dysfunction
  • pain condition must be stable
  • must have no clear indication for specific medical/surgical intervention.

Exclusion

  • Patients were excluded who were:
  • acutely psychotic
  • cognitively impaired
  • showed significant suicidal risk (history of multiple suicide attempts or actively suicidal)
  • currently abusing alcohol or other drugs, including prescribed opioid pain medications
  • patients were also excluded who had an unstable medical condition and clear indication for specific medical/surgical intervention in the near future.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

41 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01236196

Start Date

October 1 2010

End Date

September 1 2013

Last Update

December 23 2014

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VA Medical Center, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94121