Can mindfulness after injury curb opioid dependence?
NCT ID NCT07741201
First seen Aug 03, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This trial tests whether a brief psychological intervention—combining education, mindfulness, and acceptance-based strategies—can help people who have had a musculoskeletal injury reduce their opioid use and avoid developing chronic pain. The study enrolls adults admitted to the hospital with an acute injury who were prescribed opioids. The intervention includes several sessions and recommendations to taper opioid use, with the goal of assessing feasibility and acceptability for a larger future study.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- A brief psychological intervention combining education, mindfulness, and acceptance-based strategies, plus opioid taper recommendations
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could help prevent chronic pain and long-term opioid use after injuries, offering a non-drug strategy to reduce opioid dependence.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study with a small number of participants, so results may not be conclusive. The intervention's success depends on patient engagement and may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Admitted to Henry Ford Hospital * Has an acute musculoskeletal injury * Prescribed opioids during the admission Exclusion Criteria: * Under age 18 * Cognitive impairment (i.e., diagnosis of delirium, dementia, or traumatic brain injury/Glasgow Coma Scale less than 13) * Chronic pain condition (i.e., pain most of the day, nearly every day for the past 3 months or longer) * Taking opioids 30 days or more prior to this hospitalization
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