Feasibility of Using an App for Managing Phantom Limb Pain Associated with Combat Injury in Ukraine (PAMELA)
Not yet recruitingNCT06604507
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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)
In Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale war on February 24, 2022, a large number of individuals have lost a limb(s). Many of these amputees cannot access appropriate care in terms of pain management and rehabilitation. Consequently, healthcare providers in Ukraine have been seeking assistance from international, professional bodies to improve the care offered to amputees - soldiers and civilians. Pain related to an amputation is chronic and so non-pharmacological approaches, rather than pharmacological, are appealing. In Germany, Routine Health, in Düsseldorf, have developed an app-based platform which offers amputees a variety of non-pharmacological management techniques. In the PAMELA project, we will offer amputees and therapists in Ukraine, use of this app. The app has been adapted for use in Ukraine. The study will be carried out in 2 phases: 1. A pilot in 5 rehabilitation centers to assess feasibility of using the app during one pre-defined 8-week treatment cycle, tailored to each amputee; amputees will be offered to use the app for another 4 weeks, independently 2. Updating the app, based on experience gained in the pilot phase and sharing the app with amputees who wish to us it.
Study details
- Official title
- Feasibility of Using an App for Managing Phantom Limb Pain Associated with Combat Amputation in Ukraine: a Quantitative & Qualitative Observational Trial in the 'Prevention and Management of Phantom Limb Pain' Project
- Conditions
- Amputation, Traumatic
- Pain, Phantom
- Pain, Acute
- Pain, Chronic
- Pain, Neuropathic
- Rehabilitation
- War-Related Trauma
- Interventions
- Device: non-pharmacological app
- Sponsor
- Winfried Meißner
- Organization
- Jena University Hospital
- Start date
- 2024-10-15
- Primary completion
- 2026-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Ukraine
- Total sites listed
- 5
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Amputee has given written informed consent for participation in the study. * Male or Female * Age - no restriction but adult * Have undergone amputation of one limb, upper or lower. Exclusion Criteria: For Graded Motor Imagery / Mirror therapy Amputees with disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorders should perform mirror therapy only after initial assessment by the therapist carrying out the treatment, as the mirror image of two intact limbs might elicit memories associated with the trauma
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06604507