NCT02935621

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

Behavioral Interventions for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans With Chronic Pain Conditions and Opioid Related Problems

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 230 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Utah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)	Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) is a group behavioral intervention that unites mindfulness training, cognitive reappraisal, and positive psychological principles into an integrative intervention strategy targeting mechanisms of pain and opioid misuse.
BEHAVIORAL	Support Group	A conventional support group will allow participants to express emotions, share experiences, and receive social support under the guidance of a skilled therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-15
• Completion: 2022-12-15
• First posted: 2016-10-17
• Last updated: 2023-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States