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Behavioral Intervention

Pain Self-Management for Postoperative Pain (PePS Trial)

N/A
Recruiting
Led By Katherine E Hadlandsmyth, PhD MA MS
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
Scheduled for total hip, knee, or shoulder joint arthroplasty through the Iowa City, IA, Des Moines, IA, Minneapolis, IA, or Milwaukee WI, VA medical centers
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6-months post-surgery
Awards & highlights

PePS Trial Summary

This trial will test how well a pain self-management approach works for people who just had surgery, in addition to their medical pain management.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for patients scheduled for hip, knee, or shoulder joint replacement at select VA medical centers in Iowa City, Des Moines, Minneapolis, or Milwaukee. Participants must be able to complete forms and have phone access. Those with severe mental health conditions, recent brain injury, dementia or recent CBT therapy cannot join.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests a Perioperative Pain Self-management (PePS) program designed to teach surgical patients how to manage their pain alongside standard medical care after surgery.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since the intervention involves education and self-management techniques without medications or invasive procedures, no direct side effects are expected from PePS itself.

PePS Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below
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I am scheduled for a hip, knee, or shoulder replacement surgery at specified VA centers.

PePS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 months post-surgery
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months post-surgery for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Secondary outcome measures
opioid use
Other outcome measures
Brief pain inventory
General Anxiety Disorder Scale: 7-item (GAD-7)
Other analgesic use
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PePS Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: PePSExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
4 sessions of telephone CBT-based pain self-management in addition to standard perioperative care.
Group II: Standard CareActive Control1 Intervention
Standard perioperative care.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,609 Previous Clinical Trials
3,306,053 Total Patients Enrolled
Katherine E Hadlandsmyth, PhD MA MSPrincipal InvestigatorIowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA
Hilary J Mosher, MD MFA BAPrincipal InvestigatorIowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA

Media Library

Perioperative Pain Self-management (PePS) (Behavioral Intervention) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04979429 — N/A
Postoperative Pain Research Study Groups: Standard Care, PePS
Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial 2023: Perioperative Pain Self-management (PePS) Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04979429 — N/A
Perioperative Pain Self-management (PePS) (Behavioral Intervention) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04979429 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Who has the capacity to participate in this experiment?

"This research endeavour is seeking 400 individuals aged between 18 and 100 who experience pain post-surgery. To be eligible, these patients must be scheduled for a hip, knee or shoulder arthroplasty at one of the VA medical centres located in Iowa City, Des Moines, Minneapolis or Milwaukee."

Answered by AI

Are there currently any open slots for enrolment in this research program?

"Affirmative. According to the data uploaded on clinicaltrials.gov, recruitment for this research is currently underway with 400 individuals being sought out from 3 distinct sites; the trial was initially posted on August 3rd 2021 and revised until its most recent update on August 29th 2022."

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Is participation in this trial restricted to individuals aged 70 or younger?

"To be considered for this medical trial, potential participants must fall between the ages of 18 and 100. Alternatively, there are 75 trials available to those below 18 years old and 392 studies designed specifically for patients over 65."

Answered by AI

To what extent has enrollment been maximized in this experiment?

"This medical trial necessitates 400 qualified participants, who can register at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minneapolis, Minnesota or Iowa City VA Health Care System in Iowa City, Iowa."

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Recent research and studies
Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal
The Perioperative Pain Self-management (peps) Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol: Preventing Chronic Post-surgical Pain and Prolonged Opioid Use
Hadlandsmyth, Katherine, Diana J. Burgess, Ryan F. Leparski, Annie S. Odom, Emily J. Campbell, Ashlie A. Obrecht, Jenna L. Adamowicz, et al.. 2022. “The Perioperative Pain Self-management (peps) Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol: Preventing Chronic Post-surgical Pain and Prolonged Opioid Use”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2022.106810.
Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal
The Perioperative Pain Self-management (peps) Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol: Preventing Chronic Post-surgical Pain and Prolonged Opioid Use
Hadlandsmyth, Katherine, Diana J. Burgess, Ryan F. Leparski, Annie S. Odom, Emily J. Campbell, Ashlie A. Obrecht, Jenna L. Adamowicz, et al.. 2022. “The Perioperative Pain Self-management (peps) Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol: Preventing Chronic Post-surgical Pain and Prolonged Opioid Use”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2022.106810.
Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal
The Perioperative Pain Self-management (peps) Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol: Preventing Chronic Post-surgical Pain and Prolonged Opioid Use
Hadlandsmyth, Katherine, Diana J. Burgess, Ryan F. Leparski, Annie S. Odom, Emily J. Campbell, Ashlie A. Obrecht, Jenna L. Adamowicz, et al.. 2022. “The Perioperative Pain Self-management (peps) Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol: Preventing Chronic Post-surgical Pain and Prolonged Opioid Use”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2022.106810.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
The Perioperative Pain Self-Management Program Trial
2021. "The Perioperative Pain Self-Management Program Trial". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04979429.
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