Clinical trial · Interventional
Self-management Support in Cancer Pain
Effects of a Multifaceted Teleguided Pain Care Program in Patients With Cancer Pain
- 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)
Pain is a prevalent and distressing symptom in patients with cancer, having an enormous impact on functioning and quality of life. Integration of patient self-management and professional care by means of care technology provides new opportunities in the outpatient setting. In this project a technology based and nurse delivered multicomponent self-management support intervention has been developed. Important components include monitoring, feedback, education, and nurse support. Following feasibility evaluation, the primary aim of this randomized controlled trial is to assess the effect of the intervention regarding pain intensity and quality of life as compared to care as usual. Secondary outcomes of the effect evaluation are self-efficacy, knowledge, anxiety and depression, and pain medication use. Besides, a cost-evaluation and summative process evaluation will be performed.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-management support | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- description
- Self-management support
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Self-management support
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- Care as usual
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in pain intensity (Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form (BPI-SF)
- timeFrame
- 12 weeks
- description
- As measured with the Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form (BPI-SF)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of cancer * Patients who are under (palliative) anti-tumour treatment in a day clinic or outpatient clinic, or patients who have no treatment options available anymore * Cancer (treatment related) pain \> 2 weeks * Pain is defined as a patient reported pain score of 4 or more on a numerical rating scale (scale 0-10) * Living at home Exclusion Criteria: * Expected life expectancy \< 3 months * Chronic non-cancer pain * Known cognitive impairments * Participation in other studies that interfere with this study * Not being able to read and understand the Dutch language * Reduced vision * Non-reachable by phone
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDHochstenbach LM, Courtens AM, Zwakhalen SM, van Kleef M, de Witte LP. Self-management support intervention to control cancer pain in the outpatient setting: a randomized controlled trial study protocol. BMC Cancer. 2015 May 19;15:416. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1428-1. PMID 25986294