The Pain App Study: A Novel Shared Decision Making Tool for People With Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03425266
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The investigators seek to understand the preferences, goals, and perspectives of patients with chronic pain and their health care providers (HCPs) to create a patient-centered decision support tool. This tool, aimed at patients and HCPs, should improve patient-provider communication and chronic pain management. The investigators' long-term goal is to improve the quality of life of patients with chronic pain. The investigators target adults with chronic unremitting pain and HCPs who manage patients with chronic pain, including primary care providers and pain specialists. A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will measure the impact of a new online tool that the investigators developed (Pain-APP) in a representative sample of adults with chronic pain, including approximately 50 patients and 4-15 HCPs. Eligible patients will be enrolled online, and after informed consent and eliciting baseline socio-demographic information, randomized online to either Pain-APP or the control group, which will consist of online educational materials at the ACPA website (https://theacpa.org/Communication-Tools). Patients in both groups will be assessed online before, just after viewing the intervention materials, just after the index clinic visit, and 1 month later. Patient-reported outcomes include patient-provider communication, pain intensity and interference, attitudes towards and use of opioid medication.
Study details
- Official title
- Incorporating Patient Preferences Into Decisions About Chronic Pain Management (The Pain APP Study)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Interactive decision support tool
- Sponsor
- Shared Decision Making Resources
- Collaborators
- University of New England; Pfizer
- Start date
- 2018-01-11
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-14
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * chronic pain for at least 1 year. * upcoming appointment with a referring health care provider about their chronic pain within the next 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * primary cause of pain due to cardiovascular or gastrointestinal problem * unable or unwilling to give informed consent * no access to internet * unable to use a computer * currently pregnant * Unable to speak English
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03425266