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Comparative Effectiveness of Online 8-session CBT vs. 1-Session Empowered Relief for Chronic Pain - The PROGRESS Study

NCT05612750 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1650

Last updated 2026-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct a pragmatic clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of: (1) 8-week cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain (pain-CBT; sixteen hours total treatment time); and (2) a 1-session pain relief skills intervention for chronic pain (Empowered Relief; two hours total treatment time).

Conditions

  • Pain, Chronic
  • Lupus
  • Pelvic Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

A trained psychologist delivers 8 sessions of low-literacy CBT (the LAMP protocol) to groups of patients who were randomized to this treatment arm.

BEHAVIORAL

Empowered Relief

A certified instructor delivers 1 session of pain relief skills intervention (Empowered Relief) to groups of patients who were randomized to this treatment arm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Stanford University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2029-05-01
Completion
2029-05-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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