Yoga for Pain and Opioid Dependence

Yale University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Opioid Addiction; Chronic Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational Counseling; Other: Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01590251

1111009292

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to develop an effective adjunctive treatment using yoga for chronic pain and opioid dependence.

Full description

This study aims to develop an adjunctive novel treatment intervention using yoga in opioid agonist maintained patients to effectively treat the co-occurring disorders of non-malignant chronic pain and opioid dependence (POD).

Specific Aims:

1. To conduct a pre-pilot phase with 8 patients with POD receiving opioid agonist maintenance treatment.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Prescription opioid addiction or heroin addiction
• Moderate to severe chronic pain,
• Understands English

Exclusion criteria

• Current suicide or homicide risk
• Life threatening or unstable medical condition
• Medical or psychiatric condition that is judged to be of clinical concern by the PI or admitting clinician
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 2 patient groups

Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Gentle yoga for chronic pain and opioid dependence

Treatment:

Other: Yoga

Educational Counseling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Educational counseling is a didactic, lecture-discussion format to supplement the information and advice provided in opioid agonist maintenance treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational Counseling