An interventional study of multi-modality pain management in Spinal Cord Injuries, Chronic Pain and Neuropathic Pain, sponsored by Umeå University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Sweden. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-09.
Sponsored by Umeå University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Pain rehabilitation programs are essential for optimal treatment of chronic pain and are usually based on the biopsychosocial model. This is, however, not standard care for people with chronic pain after a spinal cord injury (SCI) due to a biomedical focused perspective of SCI and lack of adapted programs.
The aims of this feasibility study:
This study follows the guidelines of Medical Research Council for complex interventions and the proposed iterative feasibility process to improve and prepare the intervention for future testing in an RCT study. The research group will, toghether with a reference groups, develop a digital intervention porposal. The program will be a team-based, goal-oriented program for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and chronic pain.
In this study, eligible participants are included in an 8 week pain rehabilitation program. The program is developed through user-involvement i.e. together with clinicians (experienced in pain rehabilitation and/or SCI rehabilitation), stakeholders, researchers and individuals with SCI. The program will include video material for education, home exercises and group discussions led by clinicians with long experience in pain rehabilitation and SCI.
The participants will fill in self-assessed questionaries at baseline and after the finish of the program about their pain, sleep, mood and quality of life. After the program some of the participants will be asked to participate in semi-structured interviews about how they navigate and engage with different components of the program. The patients will be recruited during a rutine follow up at an SCI clinic.
Seven factors will be studied to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the program, based on set goals according to the Traffic Light method.
2,025 studies on the registry are indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries; 537 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 32 is above the median of 24 across 1,633 interventional studies indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries.
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Exclusion Criteria:
People with chronic pain after spinal cord injury
Other: multi-modality pain management
8- week pain rehabilitation program. The first meeting of the program is located at a hospital facility and thereafter they will meet at a digital platform.The program include education, home exercises and group meetings. The program consists of 4 modules. 1. Physical exercise and ergonomics. 2. Structure and recovery. 3. Employment/occupation and social support. 4. ACT and coping. Each module lasts for two weeks. The program will include video material for education, home exercises and group discussions led by clinicians with long experience in pain rehabilitation and SCI.
Also known as: digital pain rehabilitation
Recruitment rate, number recruited per quarter
Continue=6 Solve=4 Stop=3
Time frame: At enrollment
Number of participant with treatment-related advere events as assessed by...
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of tretment at 8 weeks
Participant retention- Completion rates
\>75% continue, 50-75% Solve, \<50% stop
Time frame: The end of the 8- week program
Program Adherence
Continue \>75%, solve 50-75%, stop \<50%
Time frame: The end of the 8-week program
Patients' self-perceived relevance, timing and mode of delivery
Patient evaluation, satisfied patients
Time frame: >70% Continue, Solve 50-70%, Stop <50%
Assessment procedure acceptance- Patient evaluations, proportions of completed questionnaires
\>80% continue, 50-80% solve, \<50% stop
Time frame: At the end of the 8-week program
Fidelity of delivery - Process evaluations
Time frame: End of the 8-week program
Plan to share: No — To small intervention group and to big risk of exposing anonymity
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Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Sep 2027, 11 months later.
Of 790 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Spinal Cord Injuries, half reached primary completion within 37 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 18 and three quarters within 65. This study's planned 11 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 839 studies reached it within 36 months; a quarter within 17 and three quarters within 64.
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