Evaluation of Stepped Care for Chronic Pain in Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans (ESCAPE)
CompletedNot applicableNCT00386243
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to determine if a stepped-care intervention makes pain symptoms better and reduces activity limitations because of pain. Our two primary hypotheses are that in OIF/OEF veterans with chronic pain: 1. Stepped care is more effective than usual care in reducing pain-related disability 2. Stepped care is more effective than usual care in reducing psychological distress
Study details
- Official title
- Evaluation of Stepped Care for Chronic Pain in Iraqi/Afghanistan Veterans
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Behavioral: Pain self-management program
- Drug: Co-Analgesic Therapy
- Drug: Opioid Analgesics
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2007-12
- Primary completion
- 2012-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * have musculoskeletal pain of the low back, cervical spine, or extremities * have chronic pain (\>3 months duration) * have moderate functional impairment * have access to a working telephone * Indianapolis Roudebush VA Medical Center patient or Walter Reed Army Medical Center patient * willing to travel at least once to study site Exclusion Criteria: * prior back or cervical spine surgery or surgery pending * active psychosis * incompetent for interview * severe impairment of hearing or speech * active suicidal ideation * current alcohol or other substance dependence or abuse
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00386243