# Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Chronic Pain Self-Management Within the Context of Opioid Reduction: The EMPOWER Study

> **NCT03445988** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Stanford University** · enrollment: 1462 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Pain

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Chronic Pain Self Management Program
- **OTHER:** Taper Only

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03445988
- **Lead sponsor:** Stanford University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-07-24
- **Primary completion:** 2023-11-06
- **Final completion:** 2023-11-06
- **Target enrollment:** 1462 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-24

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03445988

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03445988, "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Chronic Pain Self-Management Within the Context of Opioid Reduction: The EMPOWER Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03445988. Licensed CC0.

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