Study Protocol for the Healing Opioid Misuse and Pain Through Engagement Trial: Integrated Treatment for Individuals With Co-occurring Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder.
Margo C Villarosa-HurlockerMegan KirouacChristina GillezeauDonia HijazDavid I K Moniz-LewisHannah A CarlonGeorge Cameron ColemanMark A IlgenMatthew R PearsonKevin E VowlesKatie WitkiewitzPublished in: Substance use & addiction journal (2024)
Chronic pain and opioid use disorder (OUD) are public health crises and their co-occurrence has led to further complications and public health impacts. Provision of treatments for comorbid chronic pain and OUD is paramount to address these public health crises. Medications for OUD (MOUD) are gold standard treatments for OUD that have also demonstrated benefit in pain management. However, clinics that provide MOUD for chronic pain or OUD often lack behavioral treatments to address the challenges experienced by individuals with both conditions. Developing and implementing a behavioral treatment that complements MOUD may better equip clinics to provide comprehensive care to the growing proportion of clients who present with comorbid chronic pain and OUD. In the Healing Opioid misuse and Pain through Engagement (HOPE) Trial, we are using an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design to examine the benefits of an integrated behavioral treatment and to determine the feasibility of implementing the integrated treatment into clinics that provide MOUD. The treatment integrated 2 evidence-based treatments-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention-to target the emotional, behavioral, and physiological sequelae of OUD and chronic pain. Implementation feasibility will include assessing changes in implementation readiness and identifying facilitators and barriers to implementing the integrated treatment among all personnel employed in clinics that provide MOUD. This commentary offers an overview of the study and design and details adaptations we made to our study protocol, based largely on clinic personnel time constraints and variable clinic procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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