NCT03632343Completed
The Pain Squad+ Smartphone App To Support Real-Time Pain Management for Adolescents With Cancer
The Pain Squad+ Smartphone App To Support Real-Time Pain Management for Adolescents With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Pain negatively affects the quality of life of adolescents with cancer (AWC). It can also represent a high cost to the healthcare system and families. In response, our team has built a smartphone-based app, called Pain Squad+, which can give AWC real-time advice to manage their pain. The app uses pain diaries and personalized pain advice plus support from a registered nurse to give real-time pain management in all settings. This study will look at the impact of Pain Squad+, with or without the nurse support, on AWC health quality and healthcare costs over time.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 102 (actual)
- First submitted
- 10 Aug 2018
- Start date
- 1 Dec 2019
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT03632343
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 102
- From 1 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 30 Jan 2025
- 9 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- with significant cognitive impairments or co-morbid illnesses (as determined by their medical team) that would limit interaction with Pain Squad+ or outcome measure assessment,
Other
- who are currently participating in other pain management studies, and
- who are not expected to survive past 16 weeks as determined by their oncologist
Who the study is looking for
- aged 12-18 years,
- are able to speak and read English,
- are diagnosed with cancer (all disease types),
- are on active therapy,
- have an average self-reported pain score of ≥3/10 measured using an 11-point numerical rating scale (NRS) over the preceding week, and
- have an English-speaking and reading caregiver who is willing and able to complete outcome measures related to healthcare encounters
Age in the registry: 12 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (9)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| Stollery Children'S Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
| IWK Health Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Halifax | Canada | Unknown status |
| McMaster Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamilton | Canada | Unknown status |
| Children's Hospital London Health Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | Canada | Unknown status |
| Montreal Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Children'S Hospital Of Eastern Ontario Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| Hospital for Sick Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| BC Children ' s Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
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