Clinical trial · Interventional
Utility of an APP for the Monitoring of Irruptive Oncological Pain
NCT03597737CI-TRIAL-00051201completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
The present investigation aims at exploring the effect of including a pain app called Pain Monitor irruptive oncological pain for chronic pain patients' daily monitoring. Two conditions will be set: 1. usual treatment (waiting list) 2. usual treatment + APP
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oncology | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain, Acute | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain, Chronic | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain APP | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Treatment as usual + APP
- description
- Participants at this condition will receive the usual medical treatment for their pain but also they will be monitored daily using the Pain Monitor APP. Alarms will be generated in the face of certain preestablished events. Physicians will be asked to call patients and change/stop treatment if an alarm is received.
- interventionNames
- Device: Pain APP
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in average pain intensity in the past week assessed by a Numerical Rating Scale in the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form
- timeFrame
- Twice (first day of study and 30 days after, at the end of study)
- description
- The Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) will be used to measure average pain intensity. The item has a response range from 0 (no pain) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine). Higher scores represent higher pain intensity levels
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * The patient is over 18 years of age * Irruptive oncological pain * The patient has a mobile phone with Android operating system * The patient has the physical ability to use the application * The patient does not present psychological and / or cognitive alterations or problems with language that make their participation difficult- The patient voluntarily wants to participate and signs the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * The patient is under 18 years * The patient does not have a mobile phone or has a mobile phone in which Android is not the operating system (the app is currently only available for Android for economic reasons) * The patient does not have the physical capacity to use the application * The patient does not have the capacity to participate due to psychological and / or cognitive alterations or problems with language * The patient does not want to participate
References
Publications (4)
- BACKGROUNDSuso-Ribera C, Castilla D, Zaragoza I, Ribera-Canudas MV, Botella C, Garcia-Palacios A. Validity, Reliability, Feasibility, and Usefulness of Pain Monitor: A Multidimensional Smartphone App for Daily Monitoring of Adults With Heterogenous Chronic Pain. Clin J Pain. 2018 Oct;34(10):900-908. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000618. PMID 29659375
- BACKGROUNDGarcia-Palacios A, Herrero R, Belmonte MA, Castilla D, Guixeres J, Molinari G, Banos RM. Ecological momentary assessment for chronic pain in fibromyalgia using a smartphone: a randomized crossover study. Eur J Pain. 2014 Jul;18(6):862-72. doi: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00425.x. Epub 2013 Nov 22. PMID 24921074
- BACKGROUNDOlorunto WA, Galandiuk S. Managing the spectrum of surgical pain: acute management of the chronic pain patient. J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Jan;202(1):169-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.08.007. Epub 2005 Oct 19. No abstract available. PMID 16377510
- BACKGROUNDPorta-Sales J, Garzon Rodriguez C, Julia Torras J, Casals Merchan M. [Cancer-related breakthrough pain]. Med Clin (Barc). 2010 Jul 17;135(6):280-5. doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.02.008. Epub 2010 May 6. No abstract available. Spanish. PMID 20451223