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Telecare for Chronic Pain (BETTER Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Michelle Meyer, PhD, MPH

Research Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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 1, 3, 6, and 12 months

Awards & highlights

BETTER Trial Summary

This trial is testing a three-part intervention to help reduce the transition from acute to chronic musculoskeletal pain in older adults. The intervention includes an educational video, a phone call with a care manager, and communication with the patient's primary care provider.

Eligible Conditions

Chronic Pain
Acute Musculoskeletal Pain

BETTER Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1, 3, 6, and 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1, 3, 6, and 12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Mean Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) Combined Pain Severity and Interference Score

Secondary outcome measures

Healthcare Utilization, Mean Days in the Hospital

Healthcare Utilization, Mean Number of Visits to ED/Urgent Care

Healthcare Utilization, Mean Number of Visits to Primary Care Provider

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BETTER Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Video-only InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients in this arm will watch an interactive pain management video.

Group II: Full Intervention (Video + Telecare + PCP communication)Experimental Treatment3 Interventions

Patients in this arm will watch an interactive pain management video; receive a pain assessment phone call and be given medication and behavioral pain management strategy recommendations; and an index visit and telecare summary will be shared with patient's primary care provider.

Group III: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Patients will receive the typical care provided by medical personnel for their acute pain.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Telecare

2020

N/A

~400

Educational Video

2013

N/A

~1510

Correspondence with Primary Care Provider

2020

N/A

~330

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of North Carolina, Chapel HillLead Sponsor

1,508 Previous Clinical Trials

4,190,286 Total Patients Enrolled

10 Trials studying Chronic Pain

767 Patients Enrolled for Chronic Pain

Indiana UniversityOTHER

980 Previous Clinical Trials

982,652 Total Patients Enrolled

7 Trials studying Chronic Pain

231 Patients Enrolled for Chronic Pain

Yale UniversityOTHER

1,848 Previous Clinical Trials

2,737,488 Total Patients Enrolled

14 Trials studying Chronic Pain

2,400 Patients Enrolled for Chronic Pain

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Has the sign-up period for this medical experiment commenced?

"Information housed on clinicaltrials.gov shows that this research initiative is not presently enlisting participants. Although the trial was initiated in early March 2020 and last modified in mid-September 2022, there are 443 other medical studies actively recruiting patients at this time."

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