What this study is
The goal of the RAMP mind-body program is to provide Veterans with information and tools that can help them manage their pain. The program explores the important connection between our bodies and minds, and how to use this special connection to manage pain more effectively.
What's being tested
- RAMP Program
Intervention · BEHAVIORAL
RAMP is a 9-week program comprised of weekly online group sessions (90 minutes each) with pre-recorded expert-led education videos, mind-body skill training and practice, and facilitated discussions.
Study details
- Official title
- Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Enrolling
- 500 people
- Starts
- 2026-04-01
- Est. completion
- 2028-12
- Design
- Single-blind, randomized, parallel groups
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 18 Years and overSex ALLHealthy volunteers Not acceptedYou may qualify if
- 18 years of age or older
- Rural-dwelling based on U.S. Health Services Research Administration Criteria
- Chronic pain based on two qualifying pain diagnoses in their electronic health record (EHR) within the same diagnostic category, at least 90 days apart, during the previous 2 years
- Self-reported pain on at least most days in the past 3 months
- Brief Pain Inventory Interference subscale score ≥ 4/10
- Access to a device with internet
- Willingness to engage in intervention-specific procedures (e.g., meet remotely online for sessions)
- An email address listed in the EHR.
You can't join if
- Severe, poorly controlled psychiatric or substance use disorder (identified by chart review)
- Active member of advisory panel for the study
- Enrollment in another research study for pain
- Enrollment in a similar study
- Enrollment in a similar facilitated, multi-week, multi-modal complementary and integrative health program.
Sign in and we'll check these against your records.Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Study locations (1)
1 openMinneapolis VAMC
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Diana Burgess, PhD · Contact612-467-1591diana.burgess@va.gov
- Lee Cross, MPH · Contact612-629-7568lee.cross@va.gov
Recruiting
Study team
Sponsor
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Study ID 4UH3NR020929-02
Principal investigator
Roni Evans, DC, PhD, MS
University of Minnesota
Principal investigator
Katherine Hadlandsmyth, PhD
University of Iowa
Principal investigator
Diana Burgess, PhD
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Frequently asked questions
The sponsor hasn't published answers to common questions for this trial.