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Pain and Smoking Study - Interactive Voice Response
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
PASS2 aims to expand upon the recently completed study (PASS intervention), which tested the telephone delivery of a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI). This study will use Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to optimize the intervention's effectiveness for smoking cessation among Veteran smokers with chronic pain.
Official title: Enhancing an Intervention for Smokers With Chronic Pain Using IVR: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Cessation Counseling for Veterans
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
220
Start Date
2026-03-30
Completion Date
2028-05-31
Last Updated
2026-01-23
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
PASS-IVR
An intervention that includes a proactive telehealth intervention combining evidence-based smoking cessation counseling augmented with behavioral approaches for coping with pain, and nightly Interactive Voice Response (IVR) calls to report smoking status, pain, and pedometer-measured step counts, which the clinician will use to provide individualized feedback.
Treatment as Usual
Referral to the local smoking cessation VA clinic.
Locations (1)
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
West Haven, Connecticut, United States