NCT04462302

An Internet-based Program to Help Cancer Survivors Manage Pain

Internet-delivered Management of Pain Among Cancer Treatment Survivors

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 456 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To determine whether an Internet-based pain coping skills program plus enhanced usual care, compared to enhanced usual care alone, yields significant improvements in the co-primary outcomes of pain severity (as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)) and pain interference (also measured by the BPI) from baseline to the post-intervention assessment for cancer survivors with persistent pain.

Detailed description

This is a parallel group randomized controlled, prospective study that examines the effect of an Internet-based pain coping skills program on pain severity and pain interference among adult cancer survivors experiencing persistent cancer-related pain. The study also explores the effects of an Internet-based pain coping skills program on opioid/analgesic medication use, health-related quality of life, pain management self-efficacy and various other factors relevant among populations with persistent pain (i.e., fatigue, sleep, emotional distress, positive affect, pain impact, perceived cognitive problems, and cognitive performance), as well as qualitative assessments of participants experiences with pain and the intervention. A total of 250 participants will be enrolled (125 per arm) and randomized into the internet program arm (plus enhanced usual care) or Enhanced Usual Care alone. Each participant will be enrolled in the study for 9 months (from randomization at week 0 to the final follow-up assessment at week 34).

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-based pain coping skills program	The purpose of this study is to determine if an 8-session Internet-based pain management program can help you better manage your cancer-related pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-13
• Primary completion: 2027-05-31
• Completion: 2028-05-31
• First posted: 2020-07-08
• Last updated: 2026-01-29

Locations

150 sites across 2 countries: United States, Guam