Empowered Relief vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Chronic Pain: Study Protocol for a National, Randomized, Noninferiority Trial

Titilola Falasinnu   ¹ , PhD ;   Arayam Y Hailu   ² , BSc ;   Emma Adair Monson   ² , BS ;   Jessica Clifton   ³ , PhD ;   Calia Torres   ⁴ , PhD ;   Troy C Dildine   ² , PhD ;   Brittany Dorsonne   ² , BA ;   Elizabeth Heggan   ⁵ , BS ;   Gabrielle Riazi   ⁶ , MPH ;   Kristen Slater   ² , PsyD ;   Heather Poupore-King   ² , PhD ;   Luzmercy Perez   ² , BA ;   James Hellewell   ⁷ , MD ;   Lu Tian   ⁸ , DSC ;   Steve Denton   ⁵ , MSW ;   Andrea DeVries   ⁹ , PhD ;   Jackie Miefert   ⁹ , MS ;   Sean C Mackey   ² , MD, PhD ;   Matthias Cheung   ¹⁰ , RPh, PhD ;   Beth D Darnall   ¹¹ , PhD

¹ Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States

² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States

³ Parhelia Wellness, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

⁴ Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Lehigh Valley Health Network part of Jefferson Health, Allentown, PA, United States

⁶ Health Care Services, SCAN Health Plan, Long Beach, CA, United States

⁷ Family Medicine, Intermountain Health, Layton, UT, United States

⁸ Department of Biomedical Data Science and (by courtesy) Statistics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States

⁹ Real-World Evidence Institutional Partnerships, Humana Healthcare Research, Inc, Louisville, KY, United States

¹⁰ Department of Pharmacy Practice, Thomas J Long School of Pharmacy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, United States

¹¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford Pain Relief Innovations Lab, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States