Recruiting

Chronic Pain Treatment

Sponsor:

Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Code:

NCT06427356

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

PREVAIL Interdisciplinary Team

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to \[primary purpose learn if a team that involves five types of pain specialists (interventional pain, psychology, pharmacy, nutrition, physical therapy) can treat chronic pain in Veterans. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Do patients report less pain after six months in the program?
  • Do patients report that pain gets in the way of their life less after six months in the program? The researchers will compare participants who participate in the program to those that wait for six months before participating in the program.

Participants will

  • Meet with the team of pain specialists to develop a plan to treat their pain
  • Receive calls from a coach once per month
  • Return to meet with the team of pain specialists for a six-month follow-up appointment
  • Fill out surveys

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Study ID

NCT06427356

Start date

Jul 1, 2024

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Apr, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Veteran receiving care at the Salem VA Health Care System (Salem VAHCS) per electronic medical record (EMR)
  • Patient participating in PREVAIL Interdisciplinary Team Track per EMR
  • Chronic Pain Diagnosis: Defined as pain lasting more than three months per EMR

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of Mild Neurocognitive Disorder or Major Neurocognitive Disorder based on Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) per EMR
  • Veteran has a current acute physical injury that would artificially elevate pain scores during study period per EMR
  • Veteran intends to have a pain-related surgery during the study period per EMR

Study Design

Enrollment

150 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Interdisciplinary Team

Participants complete surveys, meet with five pain specialists to develop individualized treatment plans based on whole health, receive monthly coaching calls for five months, then meet with the pain specialists once more for a 6-month follow-up appointment and complete surveys.

no intervention: Waitlist Control

Participants complete surveys but do not engage with the pain specialists for 6 months.

Interventions

PREVAIL Interdisciplinary Team

Patient meets simultaneously with an interdisciplinary team (IDT) five pain specialists and develops an individualized treatment plan based on Whole Health. Participants receive five months of coaching calls then return six months later for a follow-up visit with the IDT.

Primary outcome measure

  • Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6-months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rena E Courtney, PhD

540-982-2463rena.courtney2@va.gov

Kris Ann Oursler, MD

540-982-2463krisann.oursler@va.gov

Locations

Salem VA Health Care System

Recruiting

Salem, Virginia, United States, 24153

Contacts

Rena E Courtney, PhD

5409822463rena.courtney2@va.gov

More Information

Sponsor

Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Last update posted

Feb 18, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • Whole health
  • rural health
  • Interdisciplinary team

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center on 2026-02-18.