Clinical Trial: Effectiveness of a Computerized Tool (PAINRelieveIt) to Help Manage Pain Related to Sickle Cell Disease

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Computerized PAINRelieveIt for Adult Sickle Cell Disease

Brief Summary: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder that is characterized by intense, painful episodes known as sickle cell crises. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of PAINRelieveIt, a three-part computer-based pain management tool, in treating adults with SCD.

Detailed Summary:

SCD is an inherited blood disorder that mainly affects people of African, Mediterranean, or Latin descent. Symptoms include anemia, infections, organ damage, and painful sickle cell crises. Adults with SCD who experience frequent painful crises are more likely to die sooner than are adults with SCD who have fewer painful crises. Experts suggest that SCD pain be treated in the same way that cancer pain is treated because both types of pain are sustained and severe. However, unlike the research directed towards cancer pain, research focused on the characteristics of SCD pain has been limited. Although medications are available to treat SCD pain, the SCD pain management process is complex and often requires more time than what is available during the typical medical appointment. Recent advances in computer technologies may provide an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of SCD pain management by combining online patient education with decision-making support tools for doctors. This study will evaluate three touch screen computerized tools that are known collectively as PAINRelieveIt. The three tools include the following:

  1. PAINReportIt—a pain assessment data collection tool
  2. PAINUCope—a multimedia patient education program tailored to the participant's SCD pain management misconceptions
  3. PAINConsultN—a decision support tool for doctors that will provide algorithm-based pain medication therapies tailored to each participant's pain level

This two-part study will evaluate the effectiveness of PAINReportIt and PAINUCope, alone and in combination with PAINConsultN, at improving participants' SCD pain by educating participants about their role in pain management and by providing decision-making support to
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago

Current Primary Outcome:

  • For Part 1 of the study: misconceptions about pain, analgesic adherence, and pain intensity measured by the composite pain index (CPI) [ Time Frame: Measured at Month 3 ]
  • For Part 2 of the study: number of participant-reported pain episodes, pain documentation and appropriateness of prescribed analgesics as measured by doctors, and number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations [ Time Frame: Measured at Year 2 ]


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

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Information By: University of Illinois at Chicago

Dates:
Date Received: January 14, 2008
Date Started: February 2007
Date Completion:
Last Updated: May 26, 2015
Last Verified: May 2015