EMPOWER: Randomized Trial of Online Chronic Pain Management Program to Reduce Reliance on Opioid Analgesic Medications
CompletedNot applicableNCT03308188
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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 is a 10-month internet-based randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether an online chronic pain management program ("E-Health") can assist with reduced opioid reliance in chronic pain patients. About half of the eligible participants will receive access to the E-Health program in addition to their standard chronic pain treatment; the other half will just continue receiving their standard chronic pain treatment.
Study details
- Official title
- EMPOWER: Evaluating the Ability to Reduce Morphine Equivalent Dose for Chronic Pain Patients Receiving Opioid-therapy Through a Web-based E-Health Self-management Program: a Randomized Multi-site Clinical Trial in Primary Care
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: E-health program
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Start date
- 2018-02-05
- Primary completion
- 2021-10-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 25 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Be 25-80 years of age * Be able to understand the study, and having understood, provide informed consent in English * Have a daily average prescribed MED ≥ 20 mg over a recent three-month period * Have a chronic pain-related diagnosis * Self-report current use of opioid medication(s) to treat pain * Have a Brief Pain Inventory Pain Intensity score ≥3 * Have internet access and a working email account Exclusion Criteria: * Be anyone who, in the judgment of study staff, would be unlikely to complete the study (e.g., planning to change to a different primary care clinic, have a terminal illness, etc.) * Be unwilling/unable to complete the WebNeuro assessments * Be pregnant * Be a prisoner
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03308188