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WithdrawnNCT02122302Updated Dec 13, 2017

Online Health Assessment to Support Comprehensive Care

An interventional study of CarePrep Online Health Assessment in Chronic Pancreatitis, sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-13.

Sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Why this study was withdrawn
Study was terminated due to unsuccessful accrual.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This investigation develops an online, patient self-assessment system, called "CarePrep" to support the care and clinical research of patients with chronic pancreatic disease and chronic pancreatic pain. This web-based assessment presents patients with questions that address medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and quality-of-life issues that are relevant to pancreatic disease. Patients will be given the opportunity to enter and track their symptoms over the Internet from home or clinic. The system is also designed to gather clues to identify neuropathic pain, which occurs when the nervous system fails to properly regulate pain signals. Any of these factors can contribute to chronic pain and may point the way to more effective treatment. The broad objective of this study is to extend CarePrep to cover a full range of topics that are relevant to chronic pancreatic disease. The study team will refine this content based on the system's accuracy in real clinical settings and direct efforts to maximize its feasibility.

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The following aims will be addressed:

Aim 1: Refine and extend CarePrep content for targeted disorders.

Working with experts at our sites, the study team will review CarePrep content in association with current literature and established instruments. Applying this data, a comprehensive pain assessment will be developed and content to target chronic pancreatic pain (CPP) will be prioritized. During Phase 1 of the study, the system will be deployed, patient testing begun, and feedback gathered to guide refinement. Patients will be asked to complete their online CarePrep assessment before their scheduled clinic visit; the report will be delivered to their attending physician prior to the clinic encounter. Patients who are unable to complete their assessment at home will have access to electronic tablets which will be provided in clinic.

Aim 2: Test with patients, gather feedback, and conduct cognitive and structured interviews to assess validity.

Research staff will conduct individual patient interviews to assess CarePrep validity, via the following ways: Cognitive interviews probing for CarePrep comprehension and ease of use, as well as measuring patients' rationale for selecting their online responses; structured interviews that will include a block of standardized questions that mirror the online CarePrep assessment (patients' interview responses will be compared to data from their online session to assess the sensitivity of CarePrep screening questions); and patients' ratings of CarePrep's accuracy will be collected to improve and validate system design.

Aim 3: Assess feasibility.

In Phase II of the study, physician and patient self-reports will be used to assess feasibility and utility. The objective of this phase is to deliver a system that supports a comprehensive health assessment and facilitates physician-patient communication so that physicians will adopt the system for routine care.

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Pancreatitis

Keywords

  • Altered gastrointestinal anatomy
  • Chronic pancreatic disease
  • Chronic pancreatic pain
  • Patient self-assessment
  • Online assessment
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In context

Pancreatitis

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Lead sponsor

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 441 studies on the registry; 108 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Be a current or future patient of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Pancreaticobiliary clinic
  • Read English
  • Have access to a computer or touch-screen tablet to complete the online assessment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients unable or unwilling to complete the online assessment at home or in clinic
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Web-based health assessment

    Device: CarePrep Online Health Assessment

Interventions

  • DeviceCarePrep Online Health Assessment

    Patients can utilize a web-based self-assessment system to answer questions that address medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and quality-of-life issues that are relevant to pancreatic disease. Patients can enter and track their symptoms over the Internet from home or clinic. The system is also designed to gather clues to identify neuropathic pain, which occurs when the nervous system fails to properly regulate pain signals.

    Also known as: Online CarePrep Assessment (OCA)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Physician and patient evaluation of validity and feasibility of online patient self-assessment system to support integrated gastrointestinal and biopsychosocial care

    Feedback via cognitive and structured interviews will assess validity: Cognitive interviews will probe for CarePrep comprehension and ease of use and will measure patients' rationale for selecting their online responses; structured interviews will include a block of standardized questions mirroring the online CarePrep assessment; patients' interview responses will be compared to data from their online session to assess the sensitivity of CarePrep screening questions; patients' ratings of CarePrep's accuracy will be collected to improve and validate system design; and experts and clinicians will review relevant sections of the CarePrep report for accuracy in order to address the utility and accuracy of reported data.. Physician and patient self-reports will assess feasibility and utility: After the refinement and validation phases have been completed, patients and clinicians will score the usefulness of Careprep in routine clinic use via brief self-reports.

    Time frame: One year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California 90048, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 13, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02122302
Lead sponsor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Collaborators
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), University of California, Los Angeles, Northwestern University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Responsible party
Simon K. Lo, M.D. (Principal Investigator, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 24, 2014
Start date
May 2014
Primary completion
May 31, 2016
Completion
May 31, 2016
Last update
Dec 13, 2017

Study contacts

Simon K Lo, M.D.
principal investigator · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Stephen J Pandol, M.D.
principal investigator · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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