Chronic Pain Diagnosis and Treatment in Torture Survivors
CompletedNot applicableNCT04629963
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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 goal Aim 1 of this investigation is to characterize the diagnosis of chronic pain in torture survivors. The investigators hypothesize that using a validated pain screen to supplement the existing United Nations Istanbul Protocol can improve the ability to detect pain from 15% to 90% in this study population. Investigators will test this hypothesis by conducting a prospective, blind comparison to gold standard study. The goal of Aim 2 is to evaluate the acceptability of somatic pain treatment using qualitative interviews of torture survivors. The goal of Aim 3 is to assess the feasibility of recruiting and retaining participants in a digital pain program over six months.
Study details
- Official title
- Chronic Pain Diagnosis and Treatment in Torture Survivors
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Pain Evaluation and BPISF
- Other: Surveys, a fingerstick blood sample, EMAs, and a digital wearable device
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Start date
- 2021-01-14
- Primary completion
- 2026-01-19
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 4
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
(Aim 1) Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 18 years old * Survived torture as defined by the World Medical Association * Consented to being contacted by our research team Exclusion Criteria: * Non-tortured refugees seeking asylum through T visas (trafficking), U visas (victims of violence in the US), Violence Against Women Act (VAMA), and Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) * Pregnant women (Aim 2) Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 18 years old * Survived torture as defined by the World Medical Association * Chronic pain as per Aim 1 findings Exclusion Criteria: * Non-tortured refugees seeking asylum through T visas (trafficking), U visas (victims of violence in the US), Violence Against Women Act (VAMA), and Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) * Pregnant women (Aim 3): Inclusion Criteria * ≥ 18 years old * Survived torture as defined by the World Medical Association * Chronic pain as per Aim 1 findings * Personal smartphone Exclusion Criteria * Non-tortured refugees seeking asylum through T visas (trafficking), U visas (victims of violence in the US), Violence Against Women Act (VAMA), and Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ) * Pregnant women * Planned move within 6 months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04629963