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CIH Stepped Care for Co-occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD

RecruitingNot applicableNCT06219408
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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 goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and retention of patient participants of a CIH Stepped Care approach for co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD vs. treatment as usual in two primary care settings (one rural and one urban). Researchers will compare CIH Stepped Care to treatment as usual. Participants will complete assessments at baseline, 3-months, 6-months, and 9-months, and those in the CIH Stepped Care condition will participate in the intervention while also completed assessments every 2-weeks, which helps determine their treatment. We hypothesize that, at 6-months, CIH Stepped Care will be feasible, acceptable, and appropriate (defined by an average of 4/5 on each measure) to patients and clinic employees and result in at least 70% of individuals be retained in each condition (n=21 per condition).

Study details

Official title
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of CIH Stepped Care for Co-occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD
Interventions
  • Behavioral: CIH Stepped Care
Sponsor
University of Washington
Collaborators
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Start date
2026-02-18
Primary completion
2027-05-30
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 In order to be eligible to participate in this study, clinic employees must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or older 2. A clinic employee and/or trainee In order to be eligible to participate in this study, patients must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or older 2. English-speaking 3. A patient at the clinic from which recruitment occurs 4. Endorse chronic pain (defined as experiencing pain on more than half of the days of the past 3-months) 5. Endorse at least moderate pain severity and interference (defined as at least an average of 4 on the PEG) 6. Endorse at least 31 on the PCL-5, in combination with a Criterion A traumatic event. If we have difficulties in recruiting individuals who meet our PTSD diagnosis criteria, we will modify this criteria by removing the requirement of a Criterion A traumatic event, and require a destabilizing life event instead. 4.2 Exclusion Criteria There are no exclusion criteria for clinic employees. Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. In current treatment for chronic pain and/or PTSD at their respective clinic 2. Past 2-week suicidal intention at screening 3. Severe cognitive impairment preventing individual from participating

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06219408