Automated Self-management (ASM) vs. ASM-Enhanced Collaborative Care for Chronic Pain and Mood Symptoms: the CAMMPS Randomized Clinical Trial.

Kroenke K, Baye F, Lourens SG, Evans E, Weitlauf S, McCalley S, Porter B, Matthias MS, Bair MJ. Automated Self-management (ASM) vs. ASM-Enhanced Collaborative Care for Chronic Pain and Mood Symptoms: the CAMMPS Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of general internal medicine. 2019 Sep 1; 34(9):1806-1814.

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• IIR 12-095 – Comprehensive vs. Assisted Management of Mood and Pain Symptoms (CAMMPS) Trial

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BACKGROUND: Chronic musculoskeletal pain is often accompanied by depression or anxiety wherein co-occurring pain and mood symptoms can be more difficult to treat than either alone. However, few clinical trials have examined interventions that simultaneously target both pain and mood conditions. OBJECTIVE: To determine the comparative effectiveness of automated self-management (ASM) vs. ASM-enhanced collaborative care. DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial conducted in six primary care clinics in a VA medical center. PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred ninety-four patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain of at least moderate intensity and clinically significant depressive and/or anxiety symptoms. INTERVENTION: ASM consisted of automated monitoring and 9 web-based self-management modules. Comprehensive symptom management (CSM) combined ASM with collaborative care management by a nurse-physician team. Both interventions were delivered for 12 months. MAIN MEASURES: Primary outcome was a composite pain-anxiety-depression (PAD) z-score consisting of the mean of the BPI, PHQ-9, and GAD-7 z-scores: 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8 represent potentially small, moderate, and large clinical differences. Secondary outcomes included global improvement, health-related quality of life, treatment satisfaction, and health services use. KEY RESULTS: Both CSM and ASM groups had moderate PAD score improvement at 12 months (z  = -?0.65 and -?0.52, respectively). Compared to the ASM group, the CSM group had a -?0.23 (95% CI, -?0.38 to -?0.08; overall P? = .003) greater decline in composite PAD z-score over 12 months. CSM patients were also more likely to report global improvement and less likely to report worsening at 6 (P? = .004) and 12 months (P? = .013). CONCLUSIONS: Two intervention models relying heavily on telecare delivery but differing in resource intensity both produced moderate improvements in pain and mood symptoms. However, the model combining collaborative care led by a nurse-physician team with web-based self-management was superior to self-management alone. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT0175730.