Pain Management and Behavioral Outcomes in Patients With Dementia

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Pain, Behavior, Agitation

In brief

Dementia illness often co-exists with painful medical conditions associated with aging (e.g., degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis, skin ulcers, back pain, headaches, cancer, or angina). While the standard practice is pain assessment for all patients, the elderly with dementia have special needs for assessment, management, and evaluation. When they are unable to verbalize pain, objective measurement of their discomfort are possible manifestations of pain. No research relates systemic pain treatment with reduction of negative problematic behaviors in patient dementia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012857

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

66

Expected to finish

2001-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must be: 55 years old and older, nursing home residents, a diagnosed painful that would respond to tylenol, documented agitated behavior, a dementia diagnosis or a functional impairment severe enough to rate a 7 on the Global Deterioration Scale, be unable to report pain. Patients must have been residents in the nursing home for at least 1 month with a plan to stay at least 2 months.

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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