Telehealth Therapy for Chronic Pain: Comparison of In-person vs. Video-administered ACT for Pain
CompletedPhase 2NCT01055639
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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 the study is to test a brief, individual psychosocial in-person or telehealth intervention to reduce interference of pain with daily life, emotional distress, and pain intensity, and improve quality of life and physical activity levels in individuals with chronic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Telehealth Therapy for Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: In-Person ACT
- Behavioral: Telehealth ACT
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2010-02
- Primary completion
- 2013-06
- 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: * Chronic non-terminal pain condition; * Pain severity and interference rated \> 4/10; and * Pain most days (\> 3/week) for at least 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Current participation in group psychotherapy for pain or any type of individual psychotherapy; * Previous treatment with ACT; * Active suicide ideation or history of suicide attempt within 5 years; * Serious or unstable medical or psychiatric illness or psychosocial instability that could compromise study participation; and * The following DSM-IV diagnoses or active problems within the past 6 months noted in the patient's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) medical record or diagnosed during a structured psychiatric interview: * schizophrenia; * other psychotic disorder; * bipolar disorder; * organic mental disorder; * borderline or antisocial personality disorder; or * alcohol or substance abuse or dependence.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01055639