Clinical trial · Interventional
Computer Based Assessment and Treatment
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study aims to investigate computer based symptom assessment in an outpatient cancer population, and the use of a computer based decision support system to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of cancer related pain. Primary hypothesis is, that this approach improves pain control and pain management in an unselected group of cancer patients in an outpatient setting. * Improvement of average pain last 24 hours by at least 1.5 points on a 0-11 scale * Improvement of worst pain last 24 hours by at least 1.5 points on a 0-11 scale * An alteration in the prescribing dose of opioids in equipotent opioid dosage Secondary hypothesis is, that this system improves overall symptom control and symptom management in an unselected group of cancer patients in an outpatient setting.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCADSS | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| pen-paper | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- CCADSS
- description
- questionnaire completed using i-Pad
- interventionNames
- Device: CCADSS
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- pen-paper
- description
- Questionnaire completed using pen and paper
- interventionNames
- Device: pen-paper
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
- average and worst pain during the last 24 hours
- timeFrame
- 1 week
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * attending the outpatient clinic at the Cancer Clinic, St. Olavs Hospital Trondheim * histologically verified malignancy * able to follow study instructions * able to read the information on the computer screen in the intervention period of the study * able to use a touch screen in the intervention period of the study * cancer related pain measured as average pain in last 24 hours of 4 or above on a numeric rating scale * elective or emergency consultation with a physician
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTRaj SX, Brunelli C, Klepstad P, Kaasa S. COMBAT study - Computer based assessment and treatment - A clinical trial evaluating impact of a computerized clinical decision support tool on pain in cancer patients. Scand J Pain. 2017 Oct;17:99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.07.016. Epub 2017 Aug 8. PMID 28850380