Assessment and Treatment for Chronic Pain in Veterans With Serious Mental Illness
CompletedNot applicableNCT04118283
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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)
Chronic pain has a highly negative impact on Veterans, especially those with serious mental illness (SMI). Chronic pain leads to poorer mental health and physical functioning, and represents a critical obstacle to rehabilitation and recovery. Despite known high prevalence rates of chronic pain in SMI populations, there is little research to: a) evaluate nonpharmacological pain management strategies in this population, and b) examine directional relations between chronic pain and SMI symptoms. This study aims to address research and clinical gaps by: a) testing the feasibility and acceptability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP) - a VA evidence-based psychotherapy for chronic pain - in Veterans with SMI, and b) better assessing the complex relation between chronic pain and psychiatric symptoms and their impact on functioning. Results from this study will inform us as to whether CBT-CP is feasible to implement, acceptable to Veterans with SMI, and worth examining in its standard or in an optimized form in a larger clinical trial.
Study details
- Official title
- Improving the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain in Veterans With Serious Mental Illness
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Schizophrenia
- Psychotic Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Affective Disorders, Psychotic
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain
- Behavioral: Health and Wellness
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Collaborators
- VA Maryland Health Care System
- Start date
- 2021-03-18
- Primary completion
- 2025-07-04
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Have a chronic musculoskeletal pain diagnosis * Have a Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) rating of 4 or greater for pain severity * Meet criteria for an SMI diagnosis (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder) per medical record * 18 years of age or older * Enrolled in outpatient programming within the VA Maryland Health Care System at time of consent/study reenrollment * Have regular access to a telephone * Capacity to sign informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Are engaging in moderate-to-severe substance use that would impact their ability to participate and/or would require a higher level of care (as determined by treating provider) * Engagement in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP), whether currently or in the past * Have a current acute pain condition or limited mobility (i.e., unable to walk one city block) that would interfere with their ability to engage in CBT-CP interventions (e.g., activity pacing/walking program)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04118283