Piloting IVR (Interactive Voice Response) for Chronic Pain Treatment
CompletedNot applicableNCT00651924
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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)
This study is designed to develop and test the use of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology to deliver pain management treatment. IVR allows individuals to receive and provide information by using their touchtone telephone. This will allow more people with chronic pain to receive treatment even if they are not able to drive to an appointment regularly. In the first part of the study, the investigators will develop new materials like patient handbooks and pre-recorded explanations about common pain control techniques. In the second part of the study, a small number of persons with chronic pain will receive treatment using the new materials. We will ask for their feedback about how well they liked using the new materials and if the materials are understandable. This will allow us to revise the materials if we need to prior to studying them with a larger group of people with chronic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Piloting Interactive Voice Response Modules for Chronic Pain Treatment
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: IVR-based Cognitive-behavior therapy
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Organization
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2008-12
- Primary completion
- 2009-03
- 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: * Pain for at least 6 months; * Average pain level of \>3 on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable); * Access to touchtone phone Exclusion Criteria: * Current alcohol or substance abuse; * Current psychosis; * Current suicidal ideation; * Current life threatening or acute physical illness
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00651924