Pain and Smoking Study 2.0: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Cessation Among Veterans With Chronic Pain
Enhancing an Intervention for Smokers With Chronic Pain Using IVR: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Cessation Counseling for Veterans
- Smoking
- Pain
- Smoking Cessation
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Enrolment target
- 220
- Started
- 21 September 2026
- Main results due
- 31 May 2028
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 29 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * being an enrolled Veteran at VACHS * current tobacco use * willingness to make a quit attempt * significant chronic pain defined as \>/=4 on the pain intensity portion of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) for more than 90 days Exclusion Criteria: * active diagnosis of dementia or psychosis in medical record * severely impaired hearing or speech * lack of telephone access * enrollment in concurrent research study that might affect main outcomes of this study * terminal illness * non-English speaking * pregnancy * provider advising against exercise * planned surgeries * clinically significant depressive symptoms (\>10 PHQ-9)
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
PASS2 aims to expand upon the recently completed study (PASS intervention), which tested the telephone delivery of a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI). This study will use nightly surveys to optimize the intervention's effectiveness for smoking cessation among Veteran smokers with chronic pain.
Study sites(1)
VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT
West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06442514. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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