Chronic PainTelePainNCT02070874
Pain and Symptom Management in Rural Communities
A study testing telehealth enhanced pain management in people with Chronic Pain and Palliative Care, run by University of Washington at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Patients in isolated rural settings often lack easy access to pain care and specialist services. Yet rural residents are more likely than their urban counterparts to be older; be in poorer overall health; suffer from more chronic or serious illnesses and disabilities; be uninsured or underinsured; and live in poverty. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 120 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Chronic Pain, Palliative Care
- What is being tested?
- telehealth enhanced pain management
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 259 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Apr 2012to Jul 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 120 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- over 18 years of age
- diagnosed with pain
- completion of an outpatient visit in the past 2 months
- functional fluency in English
- no cognitive impairment
- no problems with regular phone lines
Who cannot join
- -
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Palliative Care Symptom Management in Rural Communities
Patients in isolated rural settings often lack easy access to pain care and specialist services. Yet rural residents are more likely than their urban counterparts to be older; be in poorer overall health; suffer from more chronic or serious illnesses and disabilities; be uninsured or underinsured; and live in poverty. Telehealth is an emerging method of health care delivery that has been found useful and effective in many clinical settings and specialties. Telehealth technologies can bridge geographic distance and increase access to specialist care in rural settings. The investigators propose a cluster randomized clinical trial design to test the effects of a telehealth-enhanced palliative care pain-management program for 240 patients and 40 providers in rural health care settings. The proposed program will provide services to both patients and providers: Patients will conduct self-assessments and report pain and other symptoms via telehealth. Health care providers will receive telehealth-delivered case consultations that will include case management, evidence-based practice resources, and peer support. Providers and their patients will be randomly assigned to intervention groups, which receive the telehealth-enhanced palliative care pain-management intervention, or to control groups. The investigators primary aim is to compare patient self-reports of pain and quality of life in the intervention and control groups over 2 months. Aim 2 is to examine, in the intervention and control groups over 2 months, providers' knowledge and attitudes regarding pain and perceived competence in treating pain. Aim 3 is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the telehealth intervention. The investigators will use mixed effects models with patients nested within providers to evaluate the effect of the intervention on study outcomes. Findings from this study will be instrumental in advancing telehealth and improving pain management and palliative care among underserved rural populations.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Palliative Care
- Being tested
- telehealth enhanced pain management
- Keywords
- pain and symptom management
- Medical subject headings
- Chronic Pain, Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
telehealth enhanced pain managementBehavioural
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| telehealth enhanced pain management | Experimental | video-case conferences for providers PainTracker for patients Receives: Behavioral: telehealth enhanced pain management |
| usual care | No intervention | usual care |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
pain
pain severity
Measured: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes (1)
PHQ 4
anxiety and depressive symptoms
Measured: 12 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Feb 2014 (estimated)
- Study startApr 2012
- Primary completionJul 2017
- Study completionJul 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Chronic PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of WashingtonThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 259 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Washington
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ardith Doorenbos, University of Washington
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02070874
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00002019
- Other IDs
- R01NR012450
- Acronym
- TelePain
- Status last verified
- Aug 2017
- First submitted
- 20 Feb 2014
- Last updated
- 11 Aug 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Bensink ME, Eaton LH, Morrison ML, Cook WA, Curtis RR, Gordon DB, Kundu A, Doorenbos AZ. Cost effectiveness analysis for nursing research. Nurs Res. 2013 Jul-Aug;62(4):279-85. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318298b0be.
PubMed 23817285Eaton LH, Gordon DB, Wyant S, Theodore BR, Meins AR, Rue T, Towle C, Tauben D, Doorenbos AZ. Development and implementation of a telehealth-enhanced intervention for pain and symptom management. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Jul;38(2):213-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.05.005. Epub 2014 May 17.
PubMed 24846620Theodore BR, Whittington J, Towle C, Tauben DJ, Endicott-Popovsky B, Cahana A, Doorenbos AZ. Transaction cost analysis of in-clinic versus telehealth consultations for chronic pain: preliminary evidence for rapid and affordable access to interdisciplinary collaborative consultation. Pain Med. 2015 Jun;16(6):1045-56. doi: 10.1111/pme.12688. Epub 2015 Jan 23.
PubMed 25616057Meins AR, Doorenbos AZ, Eaton L, Gordon D, Theodore B, Tauben D. TelePain: A Community of Practice for Pain Management. J Pain Relief. 2015 Mar 11;4(2):177. doi: 10.4172/2167-0846.1000177.
PubMed 25964869
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Aug 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Palliative Care Symptom Management in Rural Communities
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02070874
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TelePain / STUDY00002019
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Palliative Care
- Keywords
- pain and symptom management
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 259 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of WashingtonUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Study start
- Apr 2012 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Jul 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jul 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Feb 2014 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Patients in isolated rural settings often lack easy access to pain care and specialist services. Yet rural residents are more likely than their urban counterparts to be older; be in poorer overall health; suffer from more chronic or serious illnesses and disabilities; be uninsured or underinsured; and live in poverty. Telehealth is an emerging method of health care delivery that has been found useful and effective in many clinical settings and specialties. Telehealth technologies can bridge geographic distance and increase access to specialist care in rural settings. The investigators propose a cluster randomized clinical trial design to test the effects of a telehealth-enhanced palliative care pain-management program for 240 patients and 40 providers in rural health care settings. The proposed program will provide services to both patients and providers: Patients will conduct self-assessments and report pain and other symptoms via telehealth. Health care providers will receive telehealth-delivered case consultations that will include case management, evidence-based practice resources, and peer support. Providers and their patients will be randomly assigned to intervention groups, which receive the telehealth-enhanced palliative care pain-management intervention, or to control groups. The investigators primary aim is to compare patient self-reports of pain and quality of life in the intervention and control groups over 2 months. Aim 2 is to examine, in the intervention and control groups over 2 months, providers' knowledge and attitudes regarding pain and perceived competence in treating pain. Aim 3 is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the telehealth intervention. The investigators will use mixed effects models with patients nested within providers to evaluate the effect of the intervention on study outcomes. Findings from this study will be instrumental in advancing telehealth and improving pain management and palliative care among underserved rural populations.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| telehealth enhanced pain management | Experimental | Behavioral: telehealth enhanced pain managementvideo-case conferences for providers PainTracker for patients |
| usual care | No intervention | –usual care |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 120 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- over 18 years of age
- diagnosed with pain
- completion of an outpatient visit in the past 2 months
- functional fluency in English
- no cognitive impairment
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| telehealth enhanced pain management | Behavioural | telehealth enhanced pain management |
Primary outcome
pain
Time frame: 12 weeks
pain severity
1 secondary outcome
PHQ 4
Time frame: 12 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Aug 2017.
- Background: PubMed 23817285Bensink ME, Eaton LH, Morrison ML, Cook WA, Curtis RR, Gordon DB, Kundu A, Doorenbos AZ. Cost effectiveness analysis for nursing research. Nurs Res. 2013 Jul-Aug;62(4):279-85. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e318298b0be.
- Background: PubMed 24846620Eaton LH, Gordon DB, Wyant S, Theodore BR, Meins AR, Rue T, Towle C, Tauben D, Doorenbos AZ. Development and implementation of a telehealth-enhanced intervention for pain and symptom management. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Jul;38(2):213-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.05.005. Epub 2014 May 17.
- Results publication: PubMed 25616057Theodore BR, Whittington J, Towle C, Tauben DJ, Endicott-Popovsky B, Cahana A, Doorenbos AZ. Transaction cost analysis of in-clinic versus telehealth consultations for chronic pain: preliminary evidence for rapid and affordable access to interdisciplinary collaborative consultation. Pain Med. 2015 Jun;16(6):1045-56. doi: 10.1111/pme.12688. Epub 2015 Jan 23.
- Results publication: PubMed 25964869Meins AR, Doorenbos AZ, Eaton L, Gordon D, Theodore B, Tauben D. TelePain: A Community of Practice for Pain Management. J Pain Relief. 2015 Mar 11;4(2):177. doi: 10.4172/2167-0846.1000177.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing telehealth enhanced pain management in people with Chronic Pain and Palliative Care, run by University of Washington at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Aug 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
pain (time frame: 12 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02070874, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Aug 2017.