Table 5.
Remediation strategies for VA Medical Centers (VAMCs) in the Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC)
| VAMC | Remediation plan | |
|---|---|---|
|
Tampa, FL San Antonio, TX Little Rock, AK Portland, OR St. Louis, MO |
PMC #6 | • Exclude participants enrolled in other ongoing pain intervention trials. |
| PMC #7 | • No action required. Not anticipated to be an issue with other PMC trials. | |
| PMC #11 | • No action required. Not anticipated to be an issue with other PMC trials. | |
| VACT, CT | PMC #2 |
• Exclude participants enrolled in other ongoing pain intervention trials. • Exclude participants using ≥ 3 non-pharmacologic pain treatment modalities. |
| PMC #3 | • Exclude participants enrolled in other ongoing pain intervention trials | |
| PMC #6 | • Exclude participants enrolled in other ongoing pain intervention trials | |
|
Greater LA, CA Minneapolis, MN |
PMC #3 | • Exclude participants enrolled in other ongoing pain intervention trials. |
| PMC #8 | • No action required. | |
| Durham, NC | PMC #4 | • No action required. Not anticipated to be an issue with other PMC trial. |
| PMC #8 | • No action required. Not anticipated to be an issue with other PMC trial. | |
| Salisbury, NC | PMC #4 | • Avoid—do not recruit at this site. |
| PMC #7 | • No action required. | |
| Boston, MA | PMC #2 |
• Exclude participants enrolled in other ongoing pain intervention trials. • Exclude participants using ≥ 3 non-pharmacologic pain treatment modalities. |
| PMC #7 | • No action required. | |
| Charleston, SC | PMC #1 | • Coordinate site-recruitment efforts by avoiding clinics used by PMC #4. |
| PMC #4 | • Coordinate site-recruitment efforts by communicating locations with PMC #1. | |
AK Arkansas, CA California, CT Connecticut, FL Florida, LA Los Angeles, MA Massachusetts, MD Maryland, MN Minnesota, NC North Carolina, PMC Pain Management Collaboratory, SC South Carolina, TX Texas, VA Veterans Affairs, VACT VA Connecticut Healthcare System, WV West Virginia