Evaluation of Pain Location, Pain Quality and Pain Patterns in Subjects With Chronic Pain

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: PAIN, CHRONIC DISEASE

In brief

In earlier work, the Sponsor developed a computer image processing system for analysis of pain diagrams from patients with chronic pain. This system was then tested in a study in over 500 chronic pain patients seen by both primary care practitioners and pain specialists. The hypothesis was that pain location would correlate with the pain type and the underlying cause of the pain. In the study, the computer analysis demonstrated clear correlations between pain diagram data and diagnosis/pain type. The present study extends these observations in a web-based setting, with a focus on the value of computer analysis of pain diagrams as diagnostic predictors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00284245

Run by

Taylor MicroTechnology

People needed

1000

Starts

2004-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-06-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female subjects at least 18 years of age and of legal age of consent for the state in which they live.
• Able to respond to a questionnaire written in English.
• Report chronic pain (constant or recurring pain lasting more than 30 days and causing significant discomfort or limitation of activity).
• Provide informed consent to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Currently participating in another clinical trial.
• Institutionalized person such as a prisoner or nursing home resident.
• Questionnaire response suggests a medical or psychological condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise participation in the study, or suggests any other condition which, in the investigator's judgment, might increase the risk to the subject or decrease the chance of obtaining valid data.
• Pain has resulted in a workman's compensation case.
• Pain has resulted in litigation.

Where it is running

• Taylor MicroTechnology, Inc. — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)

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