Evaluating the Efficacy of the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit
RecruitingNot applicableNCT06168604
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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)
This study will evaluate the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT), a multicomponent intervention for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). PICT provides training in observational pain assessment and coaching in effective pain communication techniques. It will recruit participants from programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) and partnering health care clinics. The investigators hypothesize that PICT will help caregivers to recognize and communicate about pain in their care recipients.
Study details
- Official title
- The Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit: A Training Program to Support Family Caregivers of Persons With ADRD
- Conditions
- Caregiver Burden
- Cognitive Impairment
- Dementia
- Alzheimer Disease
- Pain, Chronic
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit
- Behavioral: Health Promotion Program
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Start date
- 2023-12-14
- Primary completion
- 2027-10-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 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)
CAREGIVER PARTICIPANTS Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 21 or older 2. Any gender 3. English speaking 4. Cognitively intact (BOMC ≤10) 5. Provides care to a community-dwelling adult with dementia or cognitive impairment who also has a pain diagnosis 6. Care recipient is not enrolled in hospice 7. Visits the care recipient at least weekly 8. Accessible by telephone Exclusion Criteria: 1. Paid caregiver 2. Age 20 or younger 3. Non-English speaking 4. Cognitively impaired 5. Does not provide care to a person with dementia or cognitive impairment who also has a pain diagnosis 6. Currently enrolled in hospice 7. The patient to whom the caregiver provides assistance is enrolled in hospice 8. Visits care recipient less than weekly 9. Not accessible by telephone. PATIENT PARTICIPANTS Inclusion Criteria: 1. Residing in community settings 2. Record of dementia or cognitive impairment 3. Diagnosis of pain 4. Responsive to environment 5. No terminal illness with life expectancy \<6 months 6. Not in active cancer treatment Exclusion Criteria: 1. Lives in a residential facility (such as a nursing home or assisted living) 2. Enrolled in hospice 3. No dementia or cognitive impairment 4. Unresponsive to environment 5. Has terminal illness with life expectancy \<6 months 6. Are in active cancer treatment
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06168604