TelemEdiciNe-bAsed Cognitive TherapY for Migraines (TENACITY)
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- End date
- Jun 20, 2023
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- participants needed
- 150
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- sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate a bundle of implementation strategies at three Veteran Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) to facilitate the referral and adoption of a telehealth based, cognitive behavioral therapy program delivered by Health Psychologists for Veterans with chronic migraine to inform a future fully-powered hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation design. Veteran patients will be randomized to either the telehealth delivered CBT or usual care. Headache symptoms and severity will be reported using a VA text messaging application.
Description
With VHA's infrastructure dedicated to efficient telehealth delivery into patient homes, the delivery of a behavioral intervention for chronic migrane, CM, via the telehealth platform is primed to address barriers of in-person care delivery and holds considerable promise to reach and improve Veteran headache-related quality of life. Therefore, the goal is to evaluate an adapted bundle of EB implementation strategies to increase adoption of a Telemedicine-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program (TENACITY) for CM in 2 VA HCoEs (VA Connecticut Healthcare System [VACHS], a large, multi-disciplinary HCoE, and Birmingham VA Medical Center [BVAMC], a smaller VA Headache Consortium Center. The HCoEs are charged with improving headache care throughout the VA, not just within an individual VAMC. As part of this study, a non-HCoE will also participate, providing an opportunity for the TENACITY study to extend this virtual specialty headache care to Veterans without headache specialty care. Dallas VA Medical Center, also known as the North Texas Health Care System [NTHCS] will participate as a third site.
The investigators will determine whether TENACITY can be efficiently delivered through the vehicle of telehealth by conducting a pilot randomly controlled trial (RCT) comparing a) TENACITY to b). usual care plus education.
The investigators will recruit Veterans diagnosed with chronic migraine headaches until the investigators have reached approximately 150 eligible Veterans participants across the 3 VAMCs. The investigators will randomize eligible Veterans to participate either in the TENACITY intervention (n=75) or treatment as usual(n=75).
The specific aims are threefold:
Aim 1: To develop a bundle of evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation strategies to engage 3 VA Medical Centers [2 Headache Centers of Excellence HCoEs and 1 general neurology service] and facilitate their local adaptation and implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (TENACITY) through the vehicle of telehealth services.
Hypothesis 1a. HCoE clinical providers will report high acceptability, appropriateness and fidelity of TENACITY at 3 months and maintenance at 6 months.
Hypothesis 1b. TENACITY reach, adoption, and implementation will vary by HCoE local context as evaluated by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) inner settings.
Aim 2. To conduct a pilot RCT and determine the preliminary efficacy and feasibility of TENACITY compared to usual care in outpatient, in person facilities across 3 VA HCoE sites.
Hypothesis 2: Veterans receiving TENACITY will experience a statistically significant reduction in routine clinical headache metrics: headache frequency [headache days per month] (primary outcome), headache-related impairment and psychological symptoms (secondary outcomes) compared to usual care at 3 and 6 months.
Aim 3: The investigators will conduct exploratory cost analysis of TENACITY from the Veteran's perspective, using inputs from the pilot RCT, and a two-year budget impact analysis from the VHA's perspective, incorporating the costs of implementation as well as direct costs (and cost-savings,) of providing the TENACITY intervention over all HCoEs to VHA.
Hypothesis 3: TENACITY will be cost-effective and provide value to Veterans and VHA.
Details
| Condition | Migraine Headache |
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| Treatment | TENACITY Telehealth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Migraines, Usual Care Outpatient Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Migraines Face to Face |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04613362 |
| Sponsor | VA Office of Research and Development |
| Last Modified on | 25 March 2022 |
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