MAGIC Study: More Access to Group Integrative Care

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study ID
NCT06228755
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Chronic Pain

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • Integrative Medicine Group Visit — BEHAVIORAL
    Integrative Medicine Group Visit (IMGV) is a 9-week group visit series co-facilitated by a billing primary care provider and a trained co-facilitator (such as a behavioral health provider, mindfulness instructor, or yoga teacher). The IMGV will be delivered virtually over a secure telehealth platform for 2 hours weekly. The IMGV curriculum focuses on principles of mindfulness-based stress reduction, and includes patient education on pain, insomnia, nutrition, yoga, depression, self-massage, and self-acupressure.
  • Implementation Strategies — OTHER
    Package includes: * Patient strategies will include an orientation session to introduce patients to the IMGV model. * Provider strategies include training in delivery of IMGV with continuing education credits. Training may be delivered on-line or in-person. Ongoing coaching in the first year of IMGV implementation will also be offered to providers leading IMGV, to increase self-efficacy to deliver the curriculum, and enhance fidelity.

Study Details

Chronic pain impacts about 20% of US Adults. Though non-pharmacologic, integrative pain management therapies are now considered first-line treatment by clinical guidelines, these therapies are still rarely covered by health insurance and therefore inaccessible to lower-income individuals. The Integrative Medical Group Visit (IMGV) program was developed to offer low-income, diverse patients with chronic pain an introduction to integrative pain management approaches, through a model that is covered by health insurance under existing billing codes. An initial pragmatic randomized control trial found that IMGV led to significant improvement in mental health related quality of life and lower use of high-cost care. However, there has been little research investigating the implementation of IMGV, and none in Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), where the program was initially designed to be implemented. In this study, the investigators test strategies to implement IMGV in FQHCs, including training and coaching clinic staff, and measure the effectiveness of the IMGV on health outcomes for patients with chronic pain.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 26, 2024
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
70 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Training, Coaching, and Orientation
    Clinic personnel will receive training for delivering integrative medicine group visits (IMGV) and ongoing coaching in delivering IMGV for patients with chronic pain. Clinic patients will participate in orientation and the 9-week IMGV.

Primary Outcome Measure

Reach: Total Patients Reached [ Time Frame: through study completion, a total of up to 3 years ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineChapel HillNorth Carolina27517-

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