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Pain and Smoking Study 2.0: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Smoking Cessation Among Veterans With Chronic Pain

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06442514

Registry updated: 2026-09-29
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Description

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.

Interventions

  • PASS2 (Behavioral)
    An intervention that includes a proactive telehealth intervention combining evidence-based smoking cessation counseling augmented with behavioral approaches for coping with pain, and nightly surveys to report smoking status, pain, and pedometer-measured step counts, which the clinician will use to provide individualized feedback.
  • Treatment as Usual (Other)
    Referral to the local smoking cessation VA clinic.

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)

Conditions

Smoking Pain Smoking Cessation

Locations

  • VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT — West Haven, Connecticut, United States
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