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Chronic Pain Management In Primary Care Using Behavioral Health Consultants
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Summary
The purpose of this randomized pragmatic trial is to assess the effect of monthly booster contacts on long-term Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (BCBT-CP) pain outcomes compared to BCBT-CP without a booster in 716 Military Health Systems (MHS) beneficiaries referred to a Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) for pain management using BCBT-CP. Patients will be randomly assigned to receive either standard BCBT-CP (working with a BHC in the medical home clinic) or standard BCBT-CP with adjunctive monthly booster contacts. Additionally, patient participants and clinic providers and staff will be offered the opportunity to participate in separate post-treatment Focus Groups using a semi-structured interview format designed to assess the usability, ease of use, perceived effectiveness, helpfulness, and barriers to the pain management intervention. Patient participants will be assessed 3-, 6-, 12- and 18-Months following their first appointment for BCBT-CP. Prospective data will be supplemented by a national data pull in collaboration with the Defense Health Agency and the Uniformed Services University Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research. Pulled data will include a national deidentified dataset of electronic health record data for all individuals treated in the military health system who had access to a Behavioral Health Consultant for the treatment under study in this trial.
Official title: Targeting Chronic Pain in Primary Care Settings Using Behavioral Health Consultants, A Randomized Pragmatic Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
716
Start Date
2021-08-17
Completion Date
2027-01
Last Updated
2025-05-13
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (BCBT-CP)
BCBT-CP is the standard of care for behavioral management of acute and chronic pain in the Defense Health Agency Stepped Care Pain Pathway. BCBT-CP is a 7-module, CBT-based intervention for the treatment of acute and chronic pain in the primary care setting. The BCBT-CP manual was developed in a collaboration between the Defense Health Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs as an intervention tailored for use by Behavioral Health Consultants embedded in Military Health System primary care clinics and Patient Centered Medical Homes. Details on BCBT-CP content can be found in the treatment arm description section of this listing.
BCBT-CP Booster
The BCBT-CP Booster is a telephone or videoteleconference-based booster contact designed to extend the benefits of the standard of care BCBT-CP intervention. BCBT-CP Booster contacts are not clinical interventions (i.e., no new clinical content is provided), but are intended to help motivate patients to use BCBT-CP module content, problem-solve BCBT-CP skills practice and offer reminders for future appointments. BCBT-CP Booster content was developed using feedback from focus groups with patients who completed standard BCBT-CP treatment in a military primary care clinic. Details on BCBT-CP Booster contacts can be found in the treatment arm description section of this listing.
Locations (5)
Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Fort Cavazos
Fort Hood, Texas, United States
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas, United States