Improving Cancer Pain Management Through Self-Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cancer, Pain

In brief

This study will test two different doses of a psychoeducational intervention to improve cancer pain management. In addition, the study will determine if the changes in pain management behaviors that the patients and family caregivers learn continue to be used when the intervention stops. It is hypothesized that patients and family caregivers who receive the high dose intervention will have a greater decrease in pain intensity scores.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00708019

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

185

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• adult oncology outpatients (> 18 years of age)
• able to read, write, and understand English
• agree to participate and give informed consent
• have a KPS Score of > 50
• have an average pain intensity score of > 3.0 on a 0 to 10 NRS
• have radiographic evidence of bone metastasis
• visceral or somatic pain
• have a life expectancy of at least 6 months
• are receiving outpatient treatment for cancer (not AIDS-related) with any single or combination therapy, and have a telephone line

You may not qualify if…

• A documented previous or current psychiatric disorder or if at the time of recruitment they are receiving hospice care in order not to interfere with the pain management program provided by hospice.

Where it is running

• San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States

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