Community-Engaged Options to Facilitate Opioid Reduction (COMFORT)

Washington State University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Treatments

Other: Non-pharmacological pain treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05098158

18111

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates how adults prescribed opioids for chronic noncancer pain respond to invitations to try non-opioid options of massage therapy, yoga therapy, chiropractic and physical therapies. Options will be available via telehealth consultation visits using a computer or smartphone with internet connection. The investigators will measure effects on pain, pain-related symptoms, and opioid use over time using a single-group design.

Full description

Participants will be recruited from local primary care practices and asked to complete a baseline survey. They will then meet with a registered nurse via teleconference for a complete pain assessment. At the end of the session, participants will be asked to choose two of four available modalities for telehealth consultation. Participants will be scheduled for six telehealth sessions, once per week x six weeks with three consultations per each chosen therapy. Measurements of pain, mood, sleep, medicine use will be captured at baseline, three weeks and six weeks and examined for changes over time.

Enrollment

21 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

enrollment in treatment at the CHAS Perry St or partnering clinic;
age greater than 18 years;
ability to read, speak, and write English;
diagnosed with a chronic, non-cancer-based painful medical condition;
ability to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

pregnancy;
diagnosis of a cancer-based painful medical condition;
any other medical or psychiatric condition that the PI or Co-PI physician of record determine might compromise safe study participation (including but not limited to active psychosis, history of frequent psychiatric hospitalizations, severe anxiety with claustrophobia, aggression)