Decreasing Loneliness to Optimize Pain Care
CompletedNot applicableNCT06285032
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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)
Loneliness, which is the perceived feeling of insufficient personal relationships, is related to higher risk for inappropriate opioid use and opioid use disorders in patients who are taking opioids long-term. The study seeks to pilot test the evidence-based loneliness interventions of psychological therapy and social navigation in patients on chronic opioids treated in primary care practices to determine if reducing loneliness can lower opioid misuse.
Study details
- Official title
- Addressing Loneliness in Primary Care Patients on Chronic Opioids to Prevent Opioid Misuse
- Conditions
- Loneliness
- Opioid Use
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Behavioral: Social Navigation Group
- Behavioral: Controlled Group
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Start date
- 2024-08-09
- Primary completion
- 2025-12-18
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- 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: * 18 years or older * English-speaking * On chronic opioids (defined as defined as 3 or more months receiving prescribed opioids \[functional definition is 3 or more opioid prescriptions each less than 21 days apart as per our prior studies\]) * With a score greater or equal to 6 on the UCLA Loneliness 3-item Scale * Have a chronic pain diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * Have cancer-related pain * Are on palliative care or live in a controlled setting (i.e., assisted living, nursing home or inpatient treatment facility) * Have an upcoming scheduled surgery * Severe cognitive impairment or active psychosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06285032