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A Pragmatic Trial of EAET for Veterans With Chronic Pain

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity of California, Los Angeles
NCT07218757 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

About one in three Veterans lives with long-term (chronic) pain, and many of them also struggle with past trauma and mental health issues like depression, anxiety, or PTSD. Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) is a type of talk therapy that helps people understand and express their emotions, especially those linked to past trauma. This therapy has been shown to help reduce pain and improve mental health. So far, multiple studies have tested EAET in both Veterans and civilians, and the results have been promising. EAET has helped people feel less pain, move better, and experience fewer mental health symptoms. Because of these strong results, the U.S. Department of Health \& Human Services named EAET a Best Practice for managing pain in 2019. Two earlier studies at a VA hospital in Los Angeles found that EAET worked even better than another well-known therapy called cognitiv

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Veteran at one of 7 VA healthcare systems; * Age 18 years or older; * At least 3 months of musculoskeletal pain, defined using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnostic codes, which include the following M-code diagnoses: back pain, fibromyalgia, limb pain, neck pain; R-code diagnoses: pelvic and perineal pain, jaw pain; and G-code diagnoses: tension headaches; and * Pain of at least moderate severity, defined as ≥4 "on average" on the 0-10 Numeric Pain Rating Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Poorly controlled major psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder with acute psychotic symptoms, severe manic or depressive episode listed as active in CPRS); * Active suicide or violence risk (e.g., currently suicidal or homicidal ideation, intent, or plans); * Active severe drug/alcohol use disorder (e.g., drinking more than intended, tried to stop but couldn't, spent significant time drinking or being sick from aftereffects, wanted drink so badly you couldn't think of anything else, interference with home or work life, continued to drink despite problems, given up on activities, dangerous situations, withdrawal and/or tolerance); and * Current participation in CBT-CP or EAET, or participation in either intervention in the last 6 months, via clinical care or another research study.
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What it tests

  • Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP)
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Where

1 site
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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