Mindfulness Texting for Medication Adherence and Chronic Pain Management

Part of paid clinical trials in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sponsor
University of New Mexico
Study ID
NCT07711795
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Chronic Pain
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Mindfulness text messages — BEHAVIORAL
    Over 200 text messages based on concepts from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) were developed and are sent to participants each day for 6 weeks. The messages are intended to increase awareness of triggers and "automatic" reactions to triggering experiences, and to consider alternative responses to these experiences.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of reminder and mindfulness text messages based on integrated Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (ACT+MBRP) on medication adherence and managing craving, pain, mindfulness, and withdrawal symptoms in people taking medications for opioid use disorder and with chronic pain through assessment questions collected six times daily during the course of treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Do daily medication reminder text messages increase medication adherence for people taking medications for opioid use disorder? 2. To what extent do people engage with the daily mindfulness messages? 3. Do participants receiving a structured curriculum of mindfulness messages delivered twice daily differ from those receiving randomly selected mindfulness messages delivered four times daily in engagement with the intervention? 4. How do the two mindfulness text messaging interventions differ in their effects on intervention engagement, craving, pain, mindfulness, and withdrawal symptoms? Participants will: 1. Receive daily medication reminder text messages for 12 weeks (i.e., 3 months) 2. Receive either 2 or 4 mindfulness messages per day for 6 weeks 3. Answer brief assessment questions six times per day during the 6-week mindfulness text messaging period 4. Complete questionnaires at enrollment (baseline), once each week during the 6-week mindfulness text messaging period (6 total), immediately after the 6-week mindfulness text messaging period (post-treatment), and 6 weeks after the mindfulness text messaging period ends (follow-up)

Key Dates

First listed
Jul 17, 2026
Start date
Apr 23, 2025
Status verified
Jul 2026
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027
Completion
Oct 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Mindfulness curriculum
    Participants in this condition receive two mindfulness messages per day at random times as part of a curriculum based on the ACT+MBRP treatment manual.
  • Experimental: Random mindfulness messages
    Participants in this condition receive four random mindfulness messages per day at random times from the complete bank of mindfulness messages developed based on the Monitoring and Acceptance Theory of mindfulness.

Primary Outcome Measure

Engagement with mindfulness text messages [ Time Frame: Measured daily for six weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of New MexicoAlbuquerqueNew Mexico87131
Frank Schwebel, PhD
[email protected]
505-456-3014

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