Recruiting

Can-Coach

Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Code:

NCT06283862

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Educational Session

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of the MIVetsCan Can-Coach Trial is to test four coaching sessions to help Veterans with chronic pain use their own cannabis products more effectively to manage pain and related symptoms.

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Study ID

NCT06283862

Start date

Apr 4, 2024

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • United States Veteran
  • Experiencing chronic pain (pain lasting 3 or more months)
  • Moderate to severe chronic pain
  • Are planning or currently using cannabidiol (CBD) or cannabis products for pain management
  • Able to read and speak English sufficiently to allow for informed consent and active participation in the educational intervention sessions
  • Willingness to attend all study visits (conducted virtually)
  • Willingness to fill out periodic assessments via smartphone to assess symptom status and cannabis use (protocol has more details)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to provide informed consent (e.g., cognitive impairment, unable to sufficiently communicate in English)
  • Participant states participant is pregnant
  • Planning to move out of a state with legal recreational marijuana use during course of study;
  • Current diagnosis or past history of a psychotic disorder (schizophrenia spectrum, except substance/medication -induced or due to another condition)
  • Current diagnosis or past history of bipolar disorder
  • Unable to attend study visits
  • Risk for imminent harm - Suicidal ideation or wish to die as assessed with the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation (PANSI) questionnaire and further risk assessment by study team members
  • Any impairment, activity, behavior, or situation that in the judgment of the study team would prevent satisfactory completion of the study protocol

Study Design

Enrollment

468 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Immediate Education

Education sessions starting \~ week 4 of trial

other: Waitlist Control - delayed education

Education sessions starting \~ week 12 of trial

Interventions

Educational Session

The initial session will last about 45 to 60 minutes. The subsequent 3 sessions are anticipated to take about 20-30 minutes.

Primary outcome measure

  • Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) score [ Time Frame: Up to 14 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Catherine Klida

734-998-8010crklida@umich.edu

Locations

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105

Contacts

Catherine Klida

734-998-8010CRKlida@umich.edu

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Boehnke

More Information

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Last update posted

Jun 1, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • Veteran
  • Cannabis
  • Cannabidiol

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Michigan on 2026-06-01.