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Integrated Treatment for Chronic Pain and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00127413
First received: August 3, 2005
Last updated: February 23, 2012
Last verified: February 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of an integrated treatment for Veterans with comorbid chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder. It is hypothesized that Veterans who receive the integrated treatment will report more positive outcomes than individuals who are assigned to treatment as usual, pain treatment, or PTSD treatment.


Condition Intervention
Pain
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
 Behavioral: CBT-Pain (cognitive behavioral treatment for chronic pain)
Behavioral: CBT-PTR (integrated cognitive-behavioral treatment for chronic pain and PTSD)
Behavioral: CBT-PTSD (cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD)
Behavioral: TAU (treatment as usual)

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Integrated Treatment for Chronic Pain and PTSD

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Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • CAPS [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 136
Study Start Date: September 2004
Study Completion Date: September 2010
Primary Completion Date: September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Pain
 Behavioral: CBT-Pain (cognitive behavioral treatment for chronic pain)
Pain treatment
Experimental: 2
integrated treatment
 Behavioral: CBT-PTR (integrated cognitive-behavioral treatment for chronic pain and PTSD)
Integrated treatment
Experimental: 3
CPT for PTSD
 Behavioral: CBT-PTSD (cognitive behavioral treatment for PTSD)
CPT
4
Treatment as Usual
 Behavioral: TAU (treatment as usual)
Treatment as usual

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  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients will be eligible for participation if they have chronic pain, defined as constant pain of at least six months duration (International Association for the Study of Pain [IASP], 1994), with a neurologic or musculoskeletal etiology. Patients must also meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition [DSM-IV] diagnostic criteria for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994).
  • Stability of pain and anxiety medications will be required for two months prior to study entry and during the active treatment/TAU phase.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with life threatening or acute physical illness (e.g., cancer).
  • Current alcohol or substance abuse or dependence. Veterans who have a history of alcohol or drug dependence but who have not had problematic use in the last six months will be included in the study.
  • Current psychosis or suicidal ideation.
  • Individuals seeking pain treatment such as surgical interventions will be excluded.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00127413

Locations
United States, Massachusetts
VA Boston Health Care System, Jamaica Plain
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
Sponsors and Collaborators
Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigators
Principal Investigator: John Otis, BS BA PhD VA Boston Health Care System, Jamaica Plain
  More Information

Additional Information:
Click here for more information about this study: Integrated Treatment for Chronic Pain and PTSD  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00127413     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: D3322-R
Study First Received: August 3, 2005
Last Updated: February 23, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
Chronic pain
Co-morbid
Intervention
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Treatment

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Anxiety Disorders
Mental Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013