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NCT Number: NCT06387290

Optimizing Chronic Pain Care With Mindfulness and Chronic Pain Management Visits

The primary aim of this implementation-effectiveness trial is to examine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) and patient-centered chronic pain management visits in primary care as interventions to reduce chronic pain, improve quality of life, and reduce opioid-related harms among chronic pain patients on long-term opioid therapy.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

UCSD Health, La Jolla, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 +
  • Current chronic pain diagnosis (pain for ≥3 months) determined by physician assessment
  • Prescribed long-term opioid therapy (≥3 months)
  • Score >=3 on the Pain Enjoyment General Activity scale
  • Score >=9 on the Current Opioid Misuse Measure OR lifetime psychiatric or substance use disorder diagnosis OR benzodiazepine use OR history of overdose OR patient or physician determination that risks of opioid use may outweigh the benefits of opioid use

Exclusion criteria

  • Chronic pain due to a cancer diagnosis
  • Active suicidal intent, schizophrenia, psychotic disorder
  • Prior experience with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, or Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Treatment and study plan

Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Behavioral

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) is a group behavioral intervention that unites mindfulness training, cognitive reappraisal, and positive psychological principles into an integrative therapeutic approach.

Patient-Centered Chronic Pain Management Visits

Behavioral

Participant will meet with their primary care provider for patient-centered care and shared decision making while discussing their chronic pain management strategy (e.g., opioid analgesics).

Primary outcomes

  1. Opioid Misuse

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Opioid misuse as evidenced by triangulated aggregate of self-reported Current Opioid Misuse Measure and/or interview via Addiction Behaviors Checklist and/or urine screen

  2. Chronic Pain

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Change in Chronic pain will be measured from baseline through study completion using the Pain, Enjoyment of Life, and General Activity Scale (PEG). Scoring can be determined in one of two ways:

    • A total sum score from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating more severe pain and pain-related interference with life and activities
    • Dividing the sum of responses to all three items by 3 to get the mean score on a scale of 0-10, with higher scores indicating more severe pain and pain-related interference with life and activities.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Quality of Life

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Change in Quality of Life will be measured from baseline through study completion using the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to assess physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, ability to participate in social roles and activities, pain interference, and pain intensity. Scores range from 4-20 in each domain, with higher scores indicating more impairment in that domain.

  2. Opioid Dosing

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Opioid dose will be assessed from baseline through study completion by Timeline Follow Back (TLFB) interview. Opioid dose will be converted to morphine-equivalent using equianalgesic conversions.

  3. Opioid Craving

    Time frame: Daily from baseline through month 4

    Opioid craving will be assessed with validated numeric rating scale items (Garland et. al, 2022) delivered by ecological momentary assessment.

  4. PTSD Symptoms

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    PTSD Symptoms will be measured from baseline through study completion using the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5). Scores range from 0-80, with higher scores indicating overall higher PTSD symptom severity.

  5. Depression

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Depression symptoms will be measured from baseline through study completion using the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Scores range from 0-27, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms of depression.

  6. Generalized Anxiety

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Generalized Anxiety will be measured from baseline through study completion using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7). Scores range from 0-21, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms of anxiety.

Other outcomes

  1. Decentering

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Change in Decentering from baseline through study completion will be measured with the Metacognitive Processes of Decentering (MPODS) scale. Scores range from 15 to 75, with higher scores indicating more decentering.

  2. Mindful Reappraisal of Pain Sensations

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Change in Mindful Reappraisal of Pain Sensations from baseline through study completion will be assessed with the Mindful Reappraisal of Pain Sensations (MRPS) Scale. Scores range from 0 to 54, with higher scores indicating greater mindful reappraisal of pain sensations.

  3. Savoring

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Change in savoring measured by the Brief Savoring Inventory, range from 4 to 20, higher scores indicating more use of savoring.

  4. Reappraisal

    Time frame: Change from baseline through study completion (assessed at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-months follow-up)

    Change in reappraisal measured by the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, range from 6 to 42, with a higher score indicating more use of reappraisal.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Hannah Pfeffer, MSW

CONTACT

[email protected]

619-500-4668

Thanusha Puvananayagam, MPH

CONTACT

[email protected]

732.235.4341

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Utah

Other

Collaborators

  • Rutgers University

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Apr 29, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 3, 2026

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