Cooperative Pain Education and Self-management
CompletedNot applicableNCT02724930
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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 will test the effectiveness of using enhanced facilitation strategies on implementation of an automated Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system as a means to remotely deliver in-home self-management support to Veterans with chronic pain. The implementation intervention uses an enhanced facilitation approach paired with automated case finding and direct patient outreach to encourage uptake of Cooperative Pain Education and Self-management (COPES). A nested effectiveness study will measure pre-post differences in pain-relevant outcomes (pain intensity, physical functioning and physical activity). The investigators will use a stepped wedge cluster design in which clusters will be randomized to the timing of the introduction of enhanced COPES implementation. Investigators will assess the efficacy of the facilitation based implementation strategy by evaluating COPES uptake in the implementation settings.
Study details
- Official title
- Cooperative Pain Education and Self-management
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Enhanced facilitation of COPES
- Sponsor
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System
- Collaborators
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Start date
- 2018-06-25
- Primary completion
- 2020-08-27
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Veterans COPES: 1. Back-pain-related International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 diagnosis 2. Pain intensity rating of ≥4 (indicating moderate pain) on the 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale on at least two separate outpatient encounters at a CBOC in the prior year 3. CBOC patient at VA Boston, VA Palo Alto or Roudebush VA Veterans Interviews: 1. Those who are eligible for COPES, but who have not been asked to enroll (pre-implementation period) 2. Those who participate in COPES (post-implementation) 3. Those who decline enrollment in COPES (post-implementation) 4. CBOC patients at VA Boston, VA Palo Alto or Roudebush VA Admin, Champion, Provider Interviews: 1\. Employed at the project implementation sites Exclusion Criteria: Veterans (COPES \& Interviews): 1. Diagnosis of cancer, dementia, schizophrenia, and active alcohol or substance abuse 2. Psychiatric hospitalization in the past 30 days 3. Patients who are designated as fall risks and/or have active diabetic foot ulcers Admin, Champion, Provider Interviews: 1\. Not employed at the project implementation sites
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02724930