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Web-module for patient education and planning for Chronic Lower Back Pain (MEPS-Pain Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Beth B. Hogans, MD
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 8 weeks
Awards & highlights

MEPS-Pain Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new mobile application that delivers information on self-managing chronic low back pain. The goal is to give veterans the knowledge and power to 'plan the work and work the plan' for chronic low back pain, reducing pain impact and restoring quality of life.

Eligible Conditions
  • Chronic Lower Back Pain

MEPS-Pain Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~8 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 8 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Pain intensity
Tablet-based application (App) for pain self-management planning: patient experience via System usability scale
Tablet-based application (App) use for pain self-management planning: daily logging of activities
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Other outcome measures
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Self Efficacy Managing symptoms
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pain interference
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sleep disturbance

MEPS-Pain Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: User experiences with MEPS-PainExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This is a pilot study to assess user experience with MEPS-Pain App, there is only one arm.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,612 Previous Clinical Trials
3,305,723 Total Patients Enrolled
VA Maryland Health Care SystemFED
10 Previous Clinical Trials
716 Total Patients Enrolled
Beth B. Hogans, MDPrincipal InvestigatorBaltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
1 Previous Clinical Trials
20 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any vacancies still available for participation in this clinical trial?

"Affirmative. According to clinicaltrials.gov, this research trial which was initially posted on June 21st 2022 is at present searching for participants. 30 people have been targeted from a single site of recruitment."

Answered by AI

How many individuals are enrolled in this medical investigation?

"That is accurate. The clinical trial's details on the website show that recruitment of participants has been ongoing since June 21st 2022 and was recently updated on October 21st 2022, with a goal to enrol 30 patients from 1 medical site."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Maryland
What site did they apply to?
Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
How many prior treatments have patients received?
0
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
MEPS-Pain: Personalized Pain Self-management Planning by and for Veterans Pilot Study
2022. "MEPS-Pain: Personalized Pain Self-management Planning by and for Veterans Pilot Study". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04075487.
~7 spots leftby May 2025
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