Back to resultsStandard Telephone Consultation for Pain (STC)
Primary Purpose
Chronic Pain
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Canada
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Physician telephone consultation
Usual family physician care
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Pain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients referred to Alberta Health Services chronic pain center in Calgary with neurological or muscular skeletal pain
Exclusion Criteria:
- increased risk for suicide, very complex patients, family physician could not reliably identify patient's pain problem, or condition warranted expedited consultation with pain physician, case represented a new presentation of chronic regional pain syndrome, or low back pain with radicular symptoms or sciatica
Sites / Locations
- Alberta Health Services Chronic Pain Centre
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
Active Comparator
Arm Label
Physician telephone consultation
Usual family physician care
Arm Description
Received direct telephone consultation with pain physician about index patient
Usual family physician care (without direct telephone consultation with pain physician)
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Numerical Rating Scale for pain intensity (NRS)
11 point scale (from zero to 10), zero equals no pain, 10 worst possible pain.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Pain Disability Index (PDI)
7 item self-report scale assessing pain disability
Patient Global Impression of Change Scale (PGIC)
7 point scale
Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)
Generic quality of life scale.
Full Information
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01923324
Brief Title
Standard Telephone Consultation for Pain
Acronym
STC
Official Title
Physician to Physician Telephone Consultation for Chronic Pain Patients: a Pragmatic Randomized Trial
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
August 2013
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
July 2005 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
December 2010 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
December 2010 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
University of Calgary
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether pain control for patients with chronic pain is improved by the availability of structured telephone consultations between the patients' family physicians and pain physicians, compared to pain control for patients receiving usual care.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Chronic Pain
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Participant
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
80 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Physician telephone consultation
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Received direct telephone consultation with pain physician about index patient
Arm Title
Usual family physician care
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Usual family physician care (without direct telephone consultation with pain physician)
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Physician telephone consultation
Intervention Description
Pain physician support for family physician treating patient
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Usual family physician care
Intervention Description
Usual family physician care without telephone consultation with pain physician
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Numerical Rating Scale for pain intensity (NRS)
Description
11 point scale (from zero to 10), zero equals no pain, 10 worst possible pain.
Time Frame
6 months
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Pain Disability Index (PDI)
Description
7 item self-report scale assessing pain disability
Time Frame
6 months
Title
Patient Global Impression of Change Scale (PGIC)
Description
7 point scale
Time Frame
6 months
Title
Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)
Description
Generic quality of life scale.
Time Frame
6 months
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Pain treatment satisfaction scale (patient)
Time Frame
6 months
Title
Family physician satisfaction questionnaire
Time Frame
6 months
Title
Family physician knowledge transfer questionnaire
Time Frame
6 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
patients referred to Alberta Health Services chronic pain center in Calgary with neurological or muscular skeletal pain
Exclusion Criteria:
increased risk for suicide, very complex patients, family physician could not reliably identify patient's pain problem, or condition warranted expedited consultation with pain physician, case represented a new presentation of chronic regional pain syndrome, or low back pain with radicular symptoms or sciatica
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Neil Drummond, PhD
Organizational Affiliation
University of Calgary
Official's Role
Study Director
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Alberta Health Services Chronic Pain Centre
City
Calgary
State/Province
Alberta
ZIP/Postal Code
T2S 3C3
Country
Canada
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