Telephone Cognitive Behavior Therapy for OEF Veterans With Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01236196
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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)
We conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing telephone-delivered cognitive behavior therapy and pain education control. We enrolled 41 OEF/OIF/OND veterans with chronic pain and randomizing them into one of two treatment conditions. The study sample was recruited from primary care clinics at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and affiliated VA community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) in downtown San Francisco, Clearlake, Eureka, San Bruno, Santa Rosa, and Ukiah. Recruitment targeted OEF/OIF/OND veterans with pain disorders that involved muscle strain and inflammation, trauma to nerves, and/or central nervous system dysfunction. Both interventions were delivered by telephone and consisted of 12 sessions scheduled over a 20-week period. Pain management outcomes were measured at 10 weeks (mid-treatment), 20 weeks (post-treatment), 32 weeks (3-month follow-up), and 46 weeks (6-month follow-up). The sample size was chosen to provide greater than 80% power at a two-tailed alpha of 0.05. The study hypothesis, assessment methodology, and intervention procedures were based on the cognitive-behavioral model of chronic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Telephone Cognitive Behavior Therapy for OEF Veterans With Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Telephone cognitive behavior therapy
- Behavioral: Telephone pain education
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Organization
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2010-10
- Primary completion
- 2013-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 50 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: To be eligible to participate in this study, potential subjects must have: * access to a telephone * documented pain for at least the past year * a pain disorder involving muscle strain and inflammation, trauma to nerves, or central nervous system dysfunction * pain condition must be stable * must have no clear indication for specific medical/surgical intervention. Exclusion Criteria: Patients were excluded who were: * acutely psychotic * cognitively impaired * showed significant suicidal risk (history of multiple suicide attempts or actively suicidal) * currently abusing alcohol or other drugs, including prescribed opioid pain medications * patients were also excluded who had an unstable medical condition and clear indication for specific medical/surgical intervention in the near future.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01236196