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Pain self-management for Sickle Cell Disease

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Tonya M Palermo, PhD

Research Sponsored by Seattle Children's Hospital

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

score at least 4 (indicating some days with pain interference over the past month) on the Sickle Cell Pain Burden Interview

aged between 12-18 years

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 2 months after starting treatment

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test a web and smartphone app designed to help kids with sickle cell disease manage their pain and improve functioning. The app will include goal setting, peer support, and pain self-management training.

Eligible Conditions

Sickle Cell Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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The patient has sickle cell disease and has had sickle cell pain for at least 4 days over the past month.

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You are aged between 12-18 years.

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You are willing and able to complete the online measures.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 2 months after starting treatment

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~2 months after starting treatment

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 months after starting treatment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Adaptive Coping - Coping Attempts

Pain Diary - Average Daily Activity Limitations

Pain Diary - Average Daily Pain

Secondary outcome measures

Child Physical and Emotional Functioning - Parent Report, Depression

Child Physical and Emotional Functioning - Parent Report, Development

Child Physical and Emotional Functioning - Parent Report, Family Functioning

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Pain Self-Management InterventionExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

In addition to standard medical SCD care, youth in the pain self-management intervention group will receive the iCanCope with SCD mobile intervention including goal-setting, peer social support, and pain self-management skills over a period of 8 weeks.

Group II: Education ControlActive Control1 Intervention

In addition to standard medical care, youth in the education control group will be provided with access to a self-guided education study website, which will contain static education about SCD (no self-management skills, goal-setting, or social support content) to access over 8-weeks.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Pain self-management

2018

N/A

~140

Education

2017

N/A

~4770