Opioid UseYOGAMAT-IINCT04641221
Optimization and Multi-Site Feasibility of Yoga for Chronic Pain in People in YOGAMAT-II - Phase II
A study testing Weekly Yoga Classes in people with Opioid Use and Chronic Pain, run by Butler Hospital at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
Phase 2 - Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Optimization Phase: 1. To conduct a factorial experiment that will allow us to evaluate the impact of each of the 4 intervention components on yoga dosage received. We will enroll a total n=192. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Opioid Use, Chronic Pain
- What is being tested?
- Weekly Yoga Classes
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 192 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 20 Feb 2022to 31 Aug 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Enrolled in MMT or BUP treatment for > 3 months
- Plan to continue treatment for next 6 months
- Chronic pain, defined as pain for at least half the days over the previous three months, a mean score of 4 or higher on the Brief Pain Interference Scale (BPI; with reference to chronic pain), and pain severity of 4 or higher on a Visual Analog Scale (0-10) indicating "worst pain in the last week." Pain severity score will also refer to the areas of their body in which they have chronic pain.
- Aged > 18
- Proficiency in English sufficient to engage in informed consent in English, understand classes taught in English, and read short sentences
- Available at least one of the times study classes are offered.
Who cannot join
- Currently taking yoga classes or practicing yoga at home once per week or more often.
- Medical conditions that would make participation in yoga unsafe or not possible, including active malignancy treatment, fracture, recent joint surgery, use of assistive ambulatory devices other than a cane. . (In cases where this is unclear, site PI will make final determination based on available evidence.)
- Severe or progressive neurologic deficits. (In cases where this is unclear, site PI will make final determination based on available evidence.)
- Other severe disabling chronic medical and/or psychiatric comorbidities deemed by the site PI on a case-by-case basis to prevent safe or adequate participation in the study (e.g., cognitive impairment that prevents a participant from understanding assessments; history of disruptive behavior in medical settings; severe disabling heart failure or lung disease)
- Surgery requiring overnight hospitalization planned in the next 3 months
- Pregnancy
- No access to a reasonably safe, reliable place to engage in personal yoga practice and a private space to participate in online yoga classes
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02118
CODAC Behavioral Healthcare
Providence, Rhode Island, 02909
About this study
Phase 2 - Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Optimization Phase:
- To conduct a factorial experiment that will allow us to evaluate the impact of each of the 4 intervention components on yoga dosage received. We will enroll a total n=192. All participants will receive the core yoga intervention, with random assignment to the four intervention components outlined above.
- Use results from Phase 2 to choose an efficient combination of intervention components that, together with standard yoga classes, maximizes yoga dosage.
- Examine mechanisms by which components are hypothesized to work.
Read the detailed description
In Phase 2, we will conduct a fully powered optimization trial. We will enroll 192 participants, planning to role approximately equal numbers of participants in both sites. In both phases, all participants will receive the core yoga intervention (12 weeks of weekly manualized yoga classes), with random assignment to the 4 key intervention components. Participants will be patients enrolled in methadone (MMT) or buprenorphine/naloxone (BUP) treatment with chronic pain. Enrollment period for this phase will last approximately 2 years.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Chronic Pain
- Being tested
- Weekly Yoga Classes
- Medical subject headings
- Chronic Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Weekly Yoga ClassesBehavioural
All participants are invited to attend weekly yoga classes.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| No Video/No One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or prompting Text messages, or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/No One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or prompting Text messages, but DOES receive financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive prompting Text messages Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, but DOES receive prompting Text messages and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos or prompting Text messages or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos or prompting Text messages, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor and prompting Text messages Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, prompting Text messages, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or prompting Text messages, or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor or prompting Text messages, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos and prompting Text messages Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos, prompting Text messages, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive prompting Text messages or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos and One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive prompting Text messages, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos, One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | This group does not receive financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos, One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor and prompting Text messages Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | This group receives Personal Practice Videos, One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, prompting Text messages, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes Receives: Behavioral: Weekly Yoga Classes |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Yoga Dosage
Total minutes per week practicing yoga, including in class and outside of class, assessed weekly via interview
Measured: 3 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Nov 2020
- Study start20 Feb 2022
- Primary completion15 Nov 2024
- Study completion31 Aug 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Opioid UseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 192 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Butler Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04641221
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 202002-002-2
- Other IDs
- R01AT010863
- Acronym
- YOGAMAT-II
- Status last verified
- Oct 2025
- First submitted
- 16 Nov 2020
- Last updated
- 20 Nov 2025
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Uebelacker LA, Braun TD, Taylor LE, Saper R, Baldwi M, Abrantes A, Tremont G, Toribio A, Kirshy S, Koch R, Lorin L, Van Noppen D, Anderson B, Roseen EJ, Stein MD. Evaluation of intervention components to maximize yoga practice among people with chronic pain taking opioid agonist therapy: A factorial experiment using the multiphase optimization strategy framework. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Feb;137:107411. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107411. Epub 2023 Dec 14.
PubMed 38103784
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Nov 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Optimization and Multi-Site Feasibility of Yoga for Chronic Pain in People in YOGAMAT-II - Phase II
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04641221
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- YOGAMAT-II / 202002-002-2
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Chronic Pain
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 192 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Butler HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Study start
- 20 Feb 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 Nov 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Aug 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 23 Nov 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 20 Nov 2025
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Phase 2 - Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Optimization Phase:
- To conduct a factorial experiment that will allow us to evaluate the impact of each of the 4 intervention components on yoga dosage received. We will enroll a total n=192. All participants will receive the core yoga intervention, with random assignment to the four intervention components outlined above.
- Use results from Phase 2 to choose an efficient combination of intervention components that, together with standard yoga classes, maximizes yoga dosage.
- Examine mechanisms by which components are hypothesized to work.
Detailed description
In Phase 2, we will conduct a fully powered optimization trial. We will enroll 192 participants, planning to role approximately equal numbers of participants in both sites. In both phases, all participants will receive the core yoga intervention (12 weeks of weekly manualized yoga classes), with random assignment to the 4 key intervention components. Participants will be patients enrolled in methadone (MMT) or buprenorphine/naloxone (BUP) treatment with chronic pain. Enrollment period for this phase will last approximately 2 years.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Double blind (investigator, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 16
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| No Video/No One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or prompting Text messages, or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| No Video/No One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or prompting Text messages, but DOES receive financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| No Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive prompting Text messages |
| No Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, or One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, but DOES receive prompting Text messages and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos or prompting Text messages or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos or prompting Text messages, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor and prompting Text messages |
| No Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive Personal Practice Videos, but DOES receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, prompting Text messages, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, or prompting Text messages, or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor or prompting Text messages, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos and prompting Text messages |
| Yes Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos, prompting Text messages, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive prompting Text messages or financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos and One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive prompting Text messages, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos, One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group does not receive financial Incentives to attend yoga classes, but DOES receive Personal Practice Videos, One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor and prompting Text messages |
| Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive | Active comparator | Behavioral: Weekly Yoga ClassesThis group receives Personal Practice Videos, One-on-One individual sessions with a Yoga Instructor, prompting Text messages, and financial Incentives to attend yoga classes |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Enrolled in MMT or BUP treatment for > 3 months
- Plan to continue treatment for next 6 months
- Chronic pain, defined as pain for at least half the days over the previous three months, a mean score of 4 or higher on the Brief Pain Interference Scale (BPI; with reference to chronic pain), and pain severity of 4 or higher on a Visual Analog Scale (0-10) indicating "worst pain in the last week." Pain severity score will also refer to the areas of their body in which they have chronic pain.
- Aged > 18
- Proficiency in English sufficient to engage in informed consent in English, understand classes taught in English, and read short sentences
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Currently taking yoga classes or practicing yoga at home once per week or more often.
- Medical conditions that would make participation in yoga unsafe or not possible, including active malignancy treatment, fracture, recent joint surgery, use of assistive ambulatory devices other than a cane. . (In cases where this is unclear, site PI will make final determination based on available evidence.)
- Severe or progressive neurologic deficits. (In cases where this is unclear, site PI will make final determination based on available evidence.)
- Other severe disabling chronic medical and/or psychiatric comorbidities deemed by the site PI on a case-by-case basis to prevent safe or adequate participation in the study (e.g., cognitive impairment that prevents a participant from understanding assessments; history of disruptive behavior in medical settings; severe disabling heart failure or lung disease)
- Surgery requiring overnight hospitalization planned in the next 3 months
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Yoga ClassesAll participants are invited to attend weekly yoga classes. | Behavioural | No Video/No One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive, No Video/No One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive, No Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive, No Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive, No Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive, No Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive, No Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive, No Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive, Yes Video/No One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive, Yes Video/No One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive, Yes Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive, Yes Video/No One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive, Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/No Incentive, Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/No Text/Yes Incentive, Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/No Incentive, Yes Video/Yes One-on-One/Yes Text/Yes Incentive |
Primary outcome
Yoga Dosage
Time frame: 3 months
Total minutes per week practicing yoga, including in class and outside of class, assessed weekly via interview
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Nov 2025.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38103784Uebelacker LA, Braun TD, Taylor LE, Saper R, Baldwi M, Abrantes A, Tremont G, Toribio A, Kirshy S, Koch R, Lorin L, Van Noppen D, Anderson B, Roseen EJ, Stein MD. Evaluation of intervention components to maximize yoga practice among people with chronic pain taking opioid agonist therapy: A factorial experiment using the multiphase optimization strategy framework. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Feb;137:107411. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107411. Epub 2023 Dec 14.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Weekly Yoga Classes in people with Opioid Use and Chronic Pain, run by Butler Hospital at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Nov 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 20 Nov 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Yoga Dosage (time frame: 3 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04641221, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Nov 2025.