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New study explores Non-Drug pain relief for veterans

NCT ID NCT04330365

Symptom relief Sponsor: San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registered, but not yet taking participants.
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Ongoing
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Completed This study
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Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

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Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This completed trial tested whether a Whole Health Team (WHT) approach helps veterans with chronic pain improve their daily functioning and quality of life compared to group education or usual care. Over 790 veterans from six VA sites participated, with follow-up lasting 12 months. The study focused on non-drug strategies like self-management to reduce pain interference and opioid use.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Whole Health Team (WHT) intervention, Primary Care Group Education (PC-GE), and Usual Primary Care (UPC)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a practical, non-drug approach to help veterans manage chronic pain and reduce reliance on opioids.
What could go wrong
This is a completed pragmatic trial, so results are already known. The approach may not work for everyone, and benefits might be modest compared to usual care.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

793 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Sep 2020

Finished

Jan 2025

Lead sponsor

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.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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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: Participants must meet the following inclusion criteria to be enrolled in the study: * Assigned to a VA PCP; * Report pain present every day or nearly every day for ≥ 6 months using a phone eligibility screener; and * PEG score of ≥ 5 (including at baseline assessment) Exclusion Criteria: Candidates with any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation: * Moderate or severe cognitive impairment as determined by a failed 6-item, validated cognitive screener on initial phone screening (See Appendix A: Telephone Eligibility Screen/Script); * Active suicidality as determined by medical record review, standardized assessment (PHQ-9) and/or is unable to attend study visits because of an unstable or severe psychiatric or medical condition or is receiving palliative or hospice care; or * Any other factors that would interfere with study participation including inability to communicate by telephone, VTEL or VVC; being a non-English speaker; plans to relocate within 12 months and concurrent participation in another pain-related study.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Chronic Pain chronic pain syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Chronic pain

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Bedford VAMC

    Bedford, Massachusetts, 01730, United States

  • James A. Haley Veterans Hospital

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • SFVAHCS

    San Francisco, California, 94121, United States

  • VA Connecticut

    West Haven, Connecticut, 06516, United States

  • VA St. Louis Health Care System

    St Louis, Missouri, 63125, United States

  • VAPHCS

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

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