NCT04118283Completed
Assessment and Treatment for Chronic Pain in Veterans With Serious Mental Illness
Improving the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain in Veterans With Serious Mental Illness
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 47 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Oct 2019
- Start date
- 18 Mar 2021
- Primary completion date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder
- NCT number
- NCT04118283
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 47
- From 18 Mar 2021 to the primary completion date, 4 Jul 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Engagement in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP), whether currently or in the past
Other illness
- 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)
Other
- 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)
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
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