Achieving Equity Through Socioculturally-Informed, Digitally-Enabled Cancer Pain Management (ASCENT) - Main Trial

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (3) locations...
Intervention Type: Behavioral, Procedure, Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This clinical trial tests a collaborative pain management intervention (ASCENT) for improving cancer pain in rural and Hispanic cancer survivors. Cancer pain is prevalent, under-treated, and remains a major cause of suffering, impairment, and disability for millions of Americans. Individual pain interventions and care models show promise for cancer pain in controlled settings. Hispanic and rural-dwelling cancer survivors stand to benefit the most from electronic health record innovations, as each of these health disparities populations experience profound disparities in pain outcomes, including marked under- and over-prescribing of opioids. Digitally facilitated solutions are especially well matched for these patients, and can be customized to address their needs. The ASCENT intervention provides patients with an educational guide that describes techniques for addressing cancer pain, and uses community health workers and pain care managers to coach patients through a personalized pain management plan. This study may help researchers learn how pain management strategies can improve cancer pain and lower risk of opioid exposure and dependency in rural and Hispanic cancer survivors.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• A qualifying liquid or solid cancer diagnosis with visits at a participating Mayo site in the past 15 years

⁃ Including malignant hematology

∙ Lymphoma

‣ Myeloma

‣ Chronic leukemias

• Age \>= 18

• Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) pain score of \>= 5/10

• Pain that developed or worsened following cancer diagnosis

• Fit the description of either rural or Hispanic or both

Locations
United States
Arizona
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
RECRUITING
Scottsdale
Florida
Mayo Clinic in Florida
RECRUITING
Jacksonville
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
RECRUITING
Rochester
Contact Information
Primary
Clinical Trials Referral Office
mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu
507-293-1043
Backup
Josiah Lulf
Lulf.Josiah@mayo.edu
507-538-7991
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-02-07
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-08-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 660
Treatments
Active_comparator: Arm I (enhanced usual care)
Patients receive enhanced usual care, which includes access to the educational and pain self-management materials developed for the ASCENT trial (the ASCENT guide).
Experimental: Arm II (ASCENT intervention)
Patients receive the ASCENT guide and attend 3 video or phone calls over 30 minutes each with their CHW and/or PCM. During the first call, patients discuss barriers to receiving help for their pain with their CHW. During the second call, patients work with their PCM to develop an action plan for addressing their pain using the different techniques and interventions detailed in the ASCENT guide. During the third and final call, patients meet with both their CHW and PCM to discuss specialist recommendations for their pain management plan. After the final visit, patients will be contacted by the CHW or PCM every other week to monitor their progress and may also be contacted as-needed based on the their reported pain intensity, symptoms, or reported barriers.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Mayo Clinic
Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov