PAIN-LESS: Understanding and Alleviating Pain for Cancer Patients in Academic and Community Hospitals
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | September 2014 |
This study will increase knowledge of patient preferences for pain treatments, and improve
the ability to meet patients pain management needs. This study will assess patient attitudes
towards underutilized treatments and identify technologies to increase awareness of such
treatments. This study also demonstrate the feasibility of using the Penn Cancer Network in
future clinical and cancer control research and better understand how to effectively raise
patients awareness of supportive cancer services.
the ability to meet patients pain management needs. This study will assess patient attitudes
towards underutilized treatments and identify technologies to increase awareness of such
treatments. This study also demonstrate the feasibility of using the Penn Cancer Network in
future clinical and cancer control research and better understand how to effectively raise
patients awareness of supportive cancer services.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 or older; Have a primary diagnosis of cancer;
- Have a Karnofsky functional score of 60 or greater (i.e. ambulatory);
- Understand written English;
- Verbally indicate to the RA/RN that they feel physically well enough to complete a
survey at the time of approach;
- Report experiencing nonzero pain (on a scale of 0-10) in the last seven days
Exclusion Criteria:
- An inability to understand the requirements of the survey
We found this trial at
1
site
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 662-6065
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania The Abramson Cancer Center of the University...
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