NCT05067556

Decreasing Long-term Opioid Use in Cancer Survivors

Creating a Pathway for Disease-Free Cancer Survivors to Decrease Long-term Opioid Use

• Status: Suspended
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a feasibility pilot trial assessing a behavioral intervention for chronic pain among disease-free cancer survivors to decrease long-term opioid dependence.

Detailed description

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain (ACT-CP) in a Survivorship clinic.

Conditions

• Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Cancer Pain
• Survivorship

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain (ACT-CP)	Delivered virtually via Zoom or via telephone on an individual level; 30-minute sessions led by a trained psychologist and occur weekly for 6 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-20
• Primary completion: 2028-03-30
• Completion: 2028-03-30
• First posted: 2021-10-05
• Last updated: 2025-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States