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Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Veterans and Military Personnel on Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

The American journal of psychiatry
January 1, 1970
Eric L Garland et al. (8 authors)
Randomized Controlled TrialJournal ArticleHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) in reducing chronic pain, opioid use, and related behaviors among past and present U.S. military personnel on long-term opioid therapy.

Results Summary

MORE significantly reduced pain-related functional interference, pain severity, and opioid dose compared to supportive psychotherapy, with a 20.7% reduction in daily opioid dose. It also improved psychiatric symptoms, reduced craving and opioid attentional bias, and enhanced positive affect and therapeutic processes like mindful reinterpretation of pain.

Population

Past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

8 months of follow-up

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (21)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
pain-related functional interference
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
was superior to supportive psychotherapy in reducing
#1
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
pain severity
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
was superior to supportive psychotherapy in reducing
#2
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid dose
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
was superior to supportive psychotherapy in reducing
#3
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid dose
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
20.7%
reduced daily opioid dose by
#4
supportive psychotherapy
decrease
opioid dose
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
3.9%
reduced daily opioid dose by
#5
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid misuse
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
outperformed supportive psychotherapy for reducing
#6
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
anhedonia
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
reduced
#7
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
pain catastrophizing
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
reduced
#8
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
craving
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
reduced
#9
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid attentional bias
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
reduced
#10
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
increase
positive affect
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
increased
#11
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
neutral
mindful reinterpretation of pain sensations
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
modulated
#12
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
neutral
nonreactivity
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
modulated
#13
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
neutral
savoring
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
modulated
#14
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
neutral
positive attention
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
modulated
#15
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
neutral
reappraisal
past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
-
modulated
#16
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
chronic pain
past and present U.S. military personnel
-
led to sustained decreases in
#17
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid use
past and present U.S. military personnel
-
led to sustained decreases in
#18
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
craving
past and present U.S. military personnel
-
led to sustained decreases in
#19
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid cue reactivity
past and present U.S. military personnel
-
led to sustained decreases in
#20
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
decrease
opioid dose reduction
past and present U.S. military personnel
-
facilitated
#21
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) among past and present U.S. military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain. METHODS: In this clinical trial, 230 past and present military personnel with prescriptions for long-term opioid therapy were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to MORE or supportive psychotherapy (initially delivered in person and then via videoconferencing after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic). Primary outcomes were chronic pain, measured by the Brief Pain Inventory, and aberrant drug-related behaviors, measured by the Current Opioid Misuse Measure, through 8 months of follow-up. Opioid dose was a key secondary outcome. Other outcomes included psychiatric symptoms, catastrophizing, positive affect, ecological momentary assessments of opioid craving, and opioid attentional bias. RESULTS: MORE was superior to supportive psychotherapy through the 8-month follow-up in reducing pain-related functional interference, pain severity, and opioid dose. MORE reduced daily opioid dose by 20.7%, compared with a dose reduction of 3.9% with supportive psychotherapy. Although there was no overall between-group difference in opioid misuse, the in-person MORE intervention outperformed supportive psychotherapy for reducing opioid misuse. MORE reduced anhedonia, pain catastrophizing, craving, and opioid attentional bias and increased positive affect to a greater extent than supportive psychotherapy. MORE also modulated therapeutic processes, including mindful reinterpretation of pain sensations, nonreactivity, savoring, positive attention, and reappraisal. CONCLUSIONS: Among past and present U.S. military personnel, MORE led to sustained decreases in chronic pain, opioid use, craving, and opioid cue reactivity. MORE facilitated opioid dose reduction while preserving adequate pain control and preventing mood disturbances, suggesting its utility for safe opioid tapering.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
HumansAnalgesics, OpioidMindfulnessVeteransMilitary PersonnelChronic PainPandemicsOpioid-Related Disorders
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy85/10
Quality90/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations16
Citations/Year16.0
Relative Citation Ratio7.27
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.95
Weight Score1.84
Normalized Score0.72
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