Mindfulness for Pain and Suicide
CompletedNot applicableNCT05286112
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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 proposed study will assess the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness-based intervention to reduce functional impairment from chronic pain and risk of suicide.
Study details
- Official title
- A Pilot Study on Mindfulness for Pain and Mental Health Outcomes
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide, Attempted
- Opioid Use
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Behavioral: Health Education
- Sponsor
- Canandaigua VA Medical Center
- Collaborators
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Start date
- 2023-03-06
- Primary completion
- 2026-02-28
- 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: * English-speaking veterans * Ages 18 years and older * Understand informed consent * Report pain that occurs on at least half the days for six months or more * Score at least a 4 on each item of the three items on a brief pain intensity and interference measure * To meet the minimum threshold for suicide risk, veterans must meet at least one of the following: (1) endorse at least a 1 ("several days") on item 9 ("thoughts of you would be better off dead, or thoughts of hurting yourself in some way" in the past 2 weeks) of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), (2) endorse at least "death ideation" in the last 3 months as measured by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, or (3) report a suicide attempt in the last 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * An active severe substance use disorder (SUD) * Documented schizophrenia, active psychosis, or mania * Upcoming surgeries * Uncontrolled medical conditions * Intent to carry out a plan for suicide.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05286112