Yoga for Pain and Opioid Dependence
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Enrollment
- 8
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Reduce illicit opioid use
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study is designed to develop an effective adjunctive treatment using yoga for chronic pain and opioid dependence.
Detailed Description
This study aims to develop an adjunctive novel treatment intervention using yoga in opioid agonist maintained patients to effectively treat the co-occurring disorders of non-malignant chronic pain and opioid dependence (POD).
Specific Aims:
- To conduct a pre-pilot phase with 8 patients with POD receiving opioid agonist maintenance treatment.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 years of age or older
- •Prescription opioid addiction or heroin addiction
- •Moderate to severe chronic pain,
- •Understands English
Exclusion Criteria
- •Current suicide or homicide risk
- •Life threatening or unstable medical condition
- •Medical or psychiatric condition that is judged to be of clinical concern by the PI or admitting clinician
- •Pregnancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Reduce illicit opioid use
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Reduced illicit opioid use will be measured by patient self-report and urinalysis testing.
Pain reduction
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Pain reduction will be measured by patient self-report using standard pain rating scales.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
