Can a 9-Week online Mind-Body program ease chronic pain for rural veterans?
NCT ID NCT07541599
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a 9-week online program called RAMP that teaches mind-body skills to help rural veterans manage chronic pain. Participants attend weekly group sessions with videos, skill practice, and discussions. The goal is to see if the program reduces how much pain interferes with daily life. The trial aims to enroll 500 veterans living in rural areas.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RAMP mind-body program (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give rural veterans a practical, at-home way to reduce pain's interference with daily activities and improve quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral program, not a drug; results depend on participant engagement and may not work for everyone. The trial is still recruiting, so outcomes are not yet known.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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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: * 18 years of age or older * rural-dwelling based on U.S. Health Services Research Administration Criteria * chronic pain based on two qualifying pain diagnoses in their electronic health record (EHR) within the same diagnostic category, at least 90 days apart, during the previous 2 years * self-reported pain on at least most days in the past 3 months * Brief Pain Inventory Interference subscale score ≥ 4/10 * access to a device with internet * willingness to engage in intervention-specific procedures (e.g., meet remotely online for sessions) * an email address listed in the EHR. Exclusion Criteria: * severe, poorly controlled psychiatric or substance use disorder (identified by chart review) * active member of advisory panel for the study * enrollment in another research study for pain * enrollment in a similar study * enrollment in a similar facilitated, multi-week, multi-modal complementary and integrative health program.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Minneapolis VAMC
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55417, United States
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