Take Charge of Burn Pain

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Conditions studied: Burn Related Pain

In brief

Persons with burn-related pain remain under treated and do not have access to comprehensive burn pain management. We seek to extend evidence-based cognitive behavioral pain management strategies to a group of burn survivors that are currently under treated for for burn pain with a specific goal of reducing pain related interference in life activities. Investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the central hypothesis that a computer-based cognitive-behavioral program (Take Charge of Burn Pain) will improve pain management, psychological health, and improve participation in burn survivors. Specific aims include: 1) to determine the efficacy of a web-based self-management intervention in reducing pain and pain-related interference and increasing pain management self-efficacy; and 2) to determine whether Take Charge of Burn Pain improves psychological health and participation in life activities in persons with burn injury pain. Emerging research suggests that web-based pain management interventions may be a feasible and effective alternative to clinic-based interventions for patients with mobility and geographic restrictions, such as those treated at tertiary burn centers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02661724

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

137

Starts

2015-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Persons ages 18 to 70 years old having experienced a burn injury requiring hospitalization at least 6 months prior to enrollment;
• Reporting a pain severity score on the Brief Pain inventory of 4 (0-10) or higher;
• Reporting pain of at least 3 months duration; and
• English speaking due to feasibility of providing the web-based intervention only in English at this time.

You may not qualify if…

• Significant neurological or psychiatric condition precluding informed consent.
• Lack of access to a computer that is connected to the worldwide web.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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